Poetry of Resistance
1 min readApr 3, 2021
Political poetry has a long and illustrious history dating from at least the works of classical Greece and Confucian China. Most recently, it had a resurgence in America following the 2016 election, and in Maoist China with Misty Poets.
Poetry characterized by resistance to a status quo challenges our assumptions and brings us together as we speak and act against the injustices and oppressions of yesterday and today. In…
