Poets Against War continues the tradition of socially engaged poetry by creating venues for poetry as a voice against war, tyranny and oppression.

stanley kunitz

97 years old
New York City

Statement by Stanley Kunitz

Mr. President,

In the name of humanity and common decency, the poets of “this nation of nations,” as Walt Whitman defined the country that we cherish, implore you not to launch a so-called “pre-emptive” strike against the subject people of Iraq.  Have you reckoned with the consequences, the danger of inciting World War III?


When they shall paint our sockets gray
And light us like a stinking fuse,
Remember that we once could say,
Yesterday we had a world to lose.


Stanley Kunitz

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