Can Poetry Halt War

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“Beauty is a province of poetry but more importantly itis a province of truth. In her latest book Meher Pestonjiis telling us the truth. She writes as one of whomWallace Stevens would call a ’necessary angel’. She has usconfront the pain and the ugliness so we cannot help butempathise and motivates us to take action. Meher offersus poems to make us feel so we know what to think.”- Robert Whelan, Poet Laureate of Rockport, Massachusettes, andConvenor of the Rockport Poetry Festival, New York.