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![Marilyn Buck Reads Night](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Format: mp3Producers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Marilyn buck reads an excerpt from her poem, "Night". Originally from "Incommunicado: Dispatches from a Political Prisoner".
![Amiri Baraka introduces Wild Poppies](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Format: mp3Producers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Poet, playwright, essayist, teacher and activist Amiri Baraka introduces the audio compendium of poetry, "Wild Poppies", and describes Marilyn Buck's struggle against imperialism with metaphor.
![Samsara reads Jasper TX](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Format: mp3Producers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Jamie Ben-Azay, Rebecca Anders and Susan Appe sing a capella rendition of Marilyn Buck\'s piece in memory of James Byrd, Jr., who was killed by 3 white supremacists in on June 7, 1998. Samsara is an a capella trio that fuses numerous styles to create music for the next generation of struggle and resistance.
![Kiilu Nyasha Reads In Memory of Kuwasi Balagoon](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Format: mp3Producers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Kiilu Nyasha reads her poem in memory of Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army leader Kuwasi Balagoon, who died in prison in 1986. Kiilu Nyasha is a revolutionary artist, activist and journalist in the liberation struggle for over 35 years. A former Black Panther, she is a radio and newspaper journalist who has done much to keep political prisoners in the public eye.
![Sara Menefee Reads Moon Bereft](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Format: mp3Producers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Activist and poet Sara Menefee reads Marilyn Buck's poem. Sarah is a long-time community activist, much involved in the homeless and cultural movements. As part of her work with Food Not Bombs, she was arrested for feeding the hungry without a permit. She is a founding member of The League of Revolutionaries for a New America.
![Maria Poblet Reads (movement poem)](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Format: mp3Producers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Poem on resistance read by the author. Maria Poblet queer Latina poet and tenant organizer. As artistic director for Poetry for the People, Maria taught a poetry workshop at FCI Dublin.
![Dennis Brutus Reads One-Hour Yard Poem](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Format: mp3Producers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Professor Emeritus Dennis reads Marilyn Buck's poem on her experience in prison.
![Merle Woo Reads Pennsylvania Death March](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Format: mp3Producers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Teacher and active member of the Radical Women and the Freedom Socialist Party, Merle Woo reads Marilyn Buck's poem on death row and political prisoners.
![Elana Levy reads I Saw Your Picture Today](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Format: mp3Producers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Elana Levy reads Marilyn Buck's poem for Lori Berenson, a political prisoner.
![Devorah Major Reads Political Poem](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Poem on themes of anti-colonialism and struggle read by the author.