poetry is dangerous, the poet is an outlaw

poetry is dangerous, the poet is an outlaw

poetry is dangerous, the poet is an outlaw

walt whitman was dangerous

walt whitman was an outlaw

walt whitman said take to the open road

walt whitman was an outlaw

walt whitman said he who touches my words

touches flesh and blood

poetry is dangerous, the poet is an outlaw

woody guthrie was dangerous

woody guthrie was an outlaw

woody guthrie took to the open road

with a voice that gave us a hard word

a word that no prison can hold

a word that no chain can drag down

a word that no weapon can defeat

that hard word

liberty

poetry is dangerous, the poet is an outlaw

garcia lorca was dangerous

garcia lorca was an outlaw

they dragged him out of his house

put him up against a wall

and shot him

not because he was a politician

not because he was a criminal

but because he was a poet

they can kill the poet

but they cannot kill the word

they can kill the poet

but they cannot kill the spirit

they can kill the poet

but they cannot kill the people