Collaborative Poem-Violence in America-Music by Ana Tijoux

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This is a collaborative poem written and read by writers and poets at Writers On the Air Open Mic, March 24th, 2018. Each writer wrote 1-5 lines with the only connection being the theme-Violence in America. Readers are todd, frederick, susan, pete, katya, and gena.
Music by Ana Tijoux







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