This poem, from my book Holding Me Together, developed from three influences: (1) a news report about refugee children in South America, (2) the cover of U2’s album War, and (3) a definition of the word “ire.” I originally wrote “Children in the Streets” as a song poem (in 1983), but never could find anyone to put it to music, so I adapted it into the free verse poem that follows.
Children in the Streets
Research Encompasses More Than Looking on Google or Reading Books
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By Nina Romano I never hesitate to extend research. How do I do this? For a
short story I set in the Roman Ghetto, I called up the local temple and
spoke...
3 months ago
