“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
–Mahatama Gandhi
“Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.”
–Robert C. Gallagher
VENDING MACHINE: Poetry for Change volume 1 features:
Introduction by Zach
“Love Initiative Poem” by Bekey Hewit
“Singularity” by Geoffrey Landis
“Wet Down with Mother’s Spit” by Steve Brightman
“In These Times” by Kay Eaton
“For the Fifty (Who Made PEACE With Their Bodies)” by Phillip Metres
“Surfacing” by Marc Mannheimer
“Torches” by Michael Bernstein
“Vending Machine For Change” by Dianne Borsenik
“Leap of Faith” by William Merricle
“August of Now” by Cheryl A. Townsend
“Fun House Mirrors” by Michael D. Grover
“Refugee” by Tina Puckett
“Depth of an End” by Katherine Zaleski
“Sparrowz (A November Poem)” by Marlana-Patrice Pugh Hamer
“No Boundaries” by Christina Brooks
“Late Autumn” by Joshua Gage
“Evening Things” by Nabina Das
“Lets Go Fly a Kite” by Sarah Wells
“En Mass” by Michelle “Mikki” Williams
“Men” by Eric Odum
“Can It” by John Burroughs
“Love Is” by Arija Lee
“Whitman Knew” by Timothy R. Gates
“STORMS (It Is Now Time To Open Our Eyes)” by Leah B. Beck
“Corners” by Ann DiFrangia
“Speak a Revolution” by Katie Brown
“A Wish for Peace” by John A. Todras
“Meditations to The Max” by Amylia Grace
“Amina’s Field Trip” by Judith Fanny Rose
“Becoming Light” by J.E. Stanley
“Re Routed” by Chris Lawrence
“Journey of Change” by Jenna Arthur
“Virgin Mango Pickles” by Sivakami Velliangiri
“Embrace It” by Jen Pezzo
“Celebration” by Barbara Moore
“Busy” by Elisha Aglioit
“If I Were Hungry” by Peter Hessman
“Hard to Disagree” by A. Molotkov
“Solitaire” by Steve Thomas
“The Road” by Craig Firsdon
cover by Jenna Arthur