Yes, I am cross posting and also creating a found haiku from this poem.
Thank you to Violet at Violet Nesdoly | Poems for hosting Poetry Friday.
Throughout January in Oregon, one can find many celebrations honoring William Stafford born this month.
With the political climate and this day, I went to the files of Stafford in search of an appropriate poem to share. From Poetry Foundation:
Peace Walk
We wondered what our walk should mean,
taking that un-march quietly;
the sun stared at our signs— “Thou shalt not kill.”
Men by a tavern said, “Those foreigners . . .”
to a woman with a fur, who turned away—
like an elevator going down, their look at us.
Along a curb, their signs lined across,
a picket line stopped and stared
the whole width of the street, at ours: “Unfair.”
Above our heads the sound truck blared—
by the park, under the autumn trees—
it said that love could fill the atmosphere:
Occur, slow the other fallout, unseen,
on islands everywhere—fallout, falling
unheard. We held our poster up to shade our eyes.
At the end we just walked away;
no one was there to tell us where to leave the signs.
William Stafford, “Peace Walk” from The Way It Is: New and Selected Poems. Copyright © 1994 by William Stafford.
An interesting piece about this POEM.
FOUND HAIKU FROM PEACE MARCH
a picket line stopped
wondered what our walk should mean
wondered what our walk should mean
held our poster up
their signs lined across
love could fill the atmosphere
slow the other fallout
slow the other fallout
Jone Rush MacCulloch 
I came back to read beyond Stafford’s poem and am intrigued by how you wove your found poem. You took a poem revolving around another decade and brought it to contemporary times. I hear that the marches will continue to be a movement in the future.
A sign at our Concord, NH March today: Justice is what Love looks like. Stafford’s poem is just perfect for this time, Jone. I love the lines you found to create your own poem.
We still need the signs today. Great found haiku.
Yes, yes, yes, “love could fill the atmosphere.” I hope–no, I’m convinced–we can.
“love could fill the atmosphere” – let’s all fill the atmosphere with love, and let it drown out the fear and the hate. Beautiful.