<b>Poems, essays, and prompts to sing a new world into being--Queer & BIPOC perspectives on poetry as an insurgent ritual for manifesting liberation and reclaiming power.</b><br><br>Written for poets, spellcasters, and social justice witches, <i><b>Poetry as Spellcasting</b></i> reveals the ways poetry and ritual can, together, move us toward justice and transformation. It asks: <i>If ritualized violence upholds white supremacy, what ritualized acts of liberation can be activated to subvert and reclaim power?</i><br><br>In essays from a diverse group of contributing poets, organizers, and ritual artists, <i><b>Poetry as Spellcasting</b></i> helps readers explore, play, and deepen their creativity and intuition as integral tools for self- and communal healing and social change. Each section opens with a poem and includes prompts that invite the reader to engage more deeply with:<br><br><ul><li><b>Portals of Inheritance: Ancestral Teachings, Possible Futures </b>opens portals to mess