The Guardian • POEM

• September 7, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

POEM

by Steven Katsineris I want to cultivate tolerance and understanding And see wisdom flourish, To sow flowers in parched desert hearts And watch love grow...

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• September 7, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

POEM

A Life of Respect On maps of the country We must draw points and lines to show we have been here – and are here...

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• September 7, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

Poem

AUDREY IN TIME The day begins as the sun ticks up like a red-faced clock. Audrey in time, at one with time: time zig zagging,...

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• September 7, 2026
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‘Dictator Dan’ – An Ode to a Slogan

Premier of an Australian State: Victoria – in the land of mates. Dictator Dan, he held sway! Nine years on Spring St – he had...

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• September 7, 2026
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Nat Seeligson’s ‘Symphony for Peace’ (1953)

In 1953, the Communist poet Nattie Seeligson published a long epic poem Symphony for Peace: A Dramatic Poem in Four Movements. The publisher was Current...

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• September 7, 2026
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Sympathy with the Sorrows and Mourning of the Gazan People

Oh infant, Oh hungry Palestinian child , I have seen your thin body in pieces, your pacifier and your doll, your school bag and books...

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