Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into an idea, then into more tangible action. 
POEM
Rock Me, Mercy
By Yusef Komunyakaa
Komunyakaa wrote this poem the day after the Sandy Hook tragedy as a way of offering healing and compassion.
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