Poetic Justice: Harnessing the Power of Words to Change the World

Our Words

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Diana K. Serquina
 
 
Jeff McCallum
Jeff McCallum is cancer survivor who writes for caregivers and patients and significant others. He is the author of the poetry collection, "Somebody’s Bright Balloon". He speaks at fundraising events for the American Cancer Society's Hope Lodges, and he has served as a board member for Minneapolis's Mixed Blood Theatre, dedicated to keeping Dr.King's dream alive, for a decade. A frequent contributor to the Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine, Jeff's work has appeared in journals such as "Margie" and "Poetic Medicine: A Journal of Healing", and can also be found on his web site, www.jeffmccallum.squarespace.com. He is grateful to his friend and partner Kathlyn Stone for her love and support. 
An Activist's Prayer


Let me be a vessel of peace.


Let the fire within my soul
Send sparks out
To ignite the world
And call it to action.


Let me be bold
as the purple I wear
as I raise my arms
like the bowl of a great chalice
and go dancing
toward my destiny.
Diana K. Serquina
Copyright 2006
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