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Short Stuff: Flower Power

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Transforming Protest Through Whimsy: The Birth of Flower Power

This chapter explores a poet's impactful nonviolent protest strategies during the Vietnam War, incorporating whimsical imagery to disarm adversaries. It connects these methods to the rise of the 'flower power' movement, symbolizing peaceful resistance in the 1960s.

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