by Sienna Galvez We pray to heaven for the safety of their souls A sweet child’s laughter now turned to silence A room once for learning and bright young faces Now full of empty desks, dusty books, and silence We raise our voices, our banners, our anger When those in power choose to keep their … More May 24, 2022: Uvalde, Texas
by Lauren Marie Schmidt Morning in December, doors still locked, playground grass stiff and white with ice, when the warning call from a neighboring school comes in: Active Shooter. Kids are ushered off the bus, their harried breaths, like small puffs of smoke, cloak their faces. Each one surrenders their backpacks, methodic as an assembly-line, … More 7:40AM Lockdown, 6th-12th
by B. Fulton Jennes October 25, 2022 Warning: this poem contains graphic images of gun violence and the names of children and adults shot and killed in the Sandy Hook, Uvalde, Columbine, and Stoneman Douglas mass shootings. Because meat bleeds. Because we all know guns aren’t toys. Because the only difference between men and boys … More WHY I’LL NEVER OWN AN AR-15 EVEN THOUGH MIKE FLYNN’S “ARMY OF GOD” HAS SET ITS SIGHTS ON ME
by Richard Krawiec Somewhere past the middle of the video, 57 minutes in, maybe between bullet 79 and 80, perhaps after the 18th or 19th child screamed its death, the sheriff at the end of the hallway casually crossed to the hand sanitizer, gave it 3 squirts, lathered it around assiduously, long enough to hum … More Pilate at Uvalde
by Jen Schneider Fact: noun something known to be true an actual occurrence something with actual existence May 24, 2022 Fact: 27 school shootings this year. To Date 119 school shootings in the U.S. Since 2018 More than 200 mass shootings in the U.S. This Year To Date May 24th is the 144th day … More On Facts, the ABCs, and Lands of the Lost
Bullets into Bells 