Kieran Beville
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Kieran Beville is a writer/poet with an extensive body of work. Beville has authored many articles, often focusing on writers, artists, and musicians, reflecting his deep engagement with the arts. He has also published six volumes of poetry
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Gagging the Poets
GAGGING THE POETS When Fear Mutes Verse By Kieran Beville Poets once wielded their pens like swords, where verse erupted with the raw fire of truth and resistance, a heavy silence now pervades. The voices that dared to speak unflinchingly about Palestine, Gaza, and the brutal realities of occupation have been systematically muted. Poetry publishers, once bastions of artistic freedom and political dissent, now retreat into the shadows of fear and caution. The pro-Palestinian political poetry that might have shaken readers awake is instead stifled, buried under layers of self-censorship and industry paranoia. This isn’t just a subtle trend—it’s a crisis, a cultural lockdown where fear governs what can be voiced in the lyrical space.
By Kieran Beville7 months ago in Writers
