{"product_id":"the-world-is-waking-up-poetry-of-resistance-from-youth-around-the-world-paperback","title":"The World is Waking Up: Poetry of Resistance from Youth Around the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJason Ryberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eClara Rabbani\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eClara Rabbani\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From the beginning of time, poems have been smuggled \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eout of prisons, exchanged on battlefields, passed from hand \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto hand, carved on walls, written in the margins, distributed \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon street corners, and carried in coat-pockets overseas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Every culture and generation produce poetry in response \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto the injustices of its time. Deeply rooted in resilience, the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eenduring nature of poetry and its ability to capture the struggles \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the past can serve as a sustaining force in a sea of turmoil. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf creativity is a form of protest, then the poet is the protester. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePablo Neruda saw the power of poets and the remarkable \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epotential of their words: \u003cem\u003eEarth, people, and poetry are one and \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe same entity tied together by mysterious subterranean passages. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen the earth blooms, the people breath freedom, the poets sing \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eand show the way.¹ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When poems are gathered together, they form a mighty \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebody that is impossible to constrain, like the sea. Every time a \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epoem touches someone's conscience, like gathering drops, it \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einvites the possibility for action, forming a tempest. Thus, the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etransformative potential of resistance poetry can serve as a \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epotent antidote against the injustices of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 24, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51792832364832,"sku":"9781950380572","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1060697951e849e974cc195a406f31be.webp?v=1780709063","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-world-is-waking-up-poetry-of-resistance-from-youth-around-the-world-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}