May Day 2025
by Margery Parsons / May 4th, 2025
Millions of us worldwide marched on May 1st,
Against the reptilian fascist menace,
Yearning for lives of dignity and justice,
Daring to fight for a future worthy of us,
A world beyond all rapacious madness,
Yes─ worth perseverance and sacrifice.
Margery Parsons is a poet and advocate for a radically different and better world. She lives in Chicago and in addition to poetry loves music and film. Her poems have been published in Rag Blog, Poetry Pacific, Calliope, New Verse News, OccuPoetry, Rise Up Review, Haiku Universe, Madness Muse Press and Illinois Poetry Society, with a forthcoming poem in Plate of Pandemic.
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This article was posted on Sunday, May 4th, 2025 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.