Don't stay silent. Speak Your Truth!
Thank you for this. I really want a chance to work with you since we live in the same neck of the woods (just moved to Pitssfield) Hoping I can join your May writing retreat weekend.
I hope so too, Dina! I'd love to learn more about you and your work.
Niemoeller's quote has been with me since before the election. Here is the version I wrote to make it relevant to our times:
And Then They Came for Me
First they came for the immigrants,
and I didn’t speak up,
Because I wasn’t an immigrant.
Then they came for the gay and trans folx
Because I wasn’t gay or trans.
Then they came for the Black and brown folk
Because I was white.
Then they came for me,
and by that time there was no one
left to speak up for me.
~ 2024
So wish I could join the course, but moving and travel interfere.
Perfect update to the poem, Anne, thank you for sharing! I hope we will have a chance to write together another time--
Thank you for this. I really want a chance to work with you since we live in the same neck of the woods (just moved to Pitssfield) Hoping I can join your May writing retreat weekend.
I hope so too, Dina! I'd love to learn more about you and your work.
Niemoeller's quote has been with me since before the election. Here is the version I wrote to make it relevant to our times:
And Then They Came for Me
First they came for the immigrants,
and I didn’t speak up,
Because I wasn’t an immigrant.
Then they came for the gay and trans folx
and I didn’t speak up,
Because I wasn’t gay or trans.
Then they came for the Black and brown folk
and I didn’t speak up,
Because I was white.
Then they came for me,
and by that time there was no one
left to speak up for me.
~ 2024
So wish I could join the course, but moving and travel interfere.
Perfect update to the poem, Anne, thank you for sharing! I hope we will have a chance to write together another time--