For Angie (Acrostic Quintain)

For Angie Tibbs (2/13/1946 to 1/2/2025)

Anguished by the ravages of empire
No kinder correspondent on the planet
Gracious protector of bard and lyre
Inspired love in those she never met
Exemplary curator of poetry’s fire

Roger Stoll lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and has published articles, book reviews and political poetry in Black Agenda Report, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Internationalist 360, Jewschool, Marxism-Leninism Today, MintPress News, MRonline, New Verse News, Orinoco Tribune, Popular Resistance, Resumen Latinoamericano, San Francisco Examiner, and ZNet. Read other articles by Roger.