Rally Poets: Revolutionaries with words

Pete Freas of the Chesapeake Bay Poets says, "Poets are the revolutionaries in society." Well, I don't know if revolutionary describes our poets and poetry featured at the Rally, but it was strong, personal, and on-the-mark. Pete read a couple of his poems; he had also helped spread the word about the Rally throughout the arts and poetry community.

Joining Pete on stage was poet and MFA student Eddie Dowe. Eddie read several very powerful pieces. His words were able to stop us in our tracks and force us to think and examine our own lives. I imagine you'll be seeing more of this young poet in the years to come.If you'd like to read some of Eddie and Pete's poetry, feel free to surf over to Poetry 360, an online poetry zine that has published poems by both this strong and heartfelt poets.

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