Here's a story from the Albuquerque Tribune. The offending poem is at the end.

>The word warrior: Bill Nevins says his antiwar views cost him a teaching
>job in Rio Rancho. Now teaching in the South Valley, he says he wants to
>continue to encourage students to speak their minds.
>
>By J.M. Bar¢l
>Tribune Reporter
>
>It's hard not to at least consider the coincidences of Bill Nevins' life.
>
>The 56-year-old teacher, suspended from Rio Rancho High School in March,
>came into the world at a time when free speech was at the center of a
>weaponless war planted in U.S. soil.
>
>In the fall of 1947, four months after Mary Nevins gave birth to her first
>son, the government began purging the country of communism.
>
>As the blue-eyed, blond baby was learning to crawl across his family's
>kitchen linoleum in Stanford, Conn., a group of Hollywood writers and
>directors were losing their jobs, being labeled anti-American and having
>their films blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee.
>
>Today, Nevins, a tall, silver-haired man whose thin-rimmed glasses magnify
>deep wrinkles set around his eyes, has found himself confronted with
>similar issues.
>
>"There are always going to be people in power that are going to try to
>stop the discussion of ideas," says Eric Haas, an Albuquerque lawyer and
>member of the Alliance for Academic Freedom. "They're afraid of free
>speech. They're afraid of those ideas."
>
>Those ideas Haas refers to include the antiwar sentiments expressed
>publicly by Rio Rancho poetry students earlier this year.
>
>Nevins, who taught humanities and coached the school's poetry slam team,
>says his two-month paid suspension, which resulted in an unrenewed
>contract, came about because of those words.
>
>Rio Rancho High School Principal Gary Tripp did not return The Tribune's
>phone calls for this story, but Rio Rancho Public Schools spokeswoman Kim
>Vesely says, "We've said it several times in the past - this is not a free
>speech issue."
>
>Instead, Tripp's official response in March for Nevins' suspension was
>that the teacher did not fill out proper paperwork for a field trip with
>his poetry team.
>
>Nevins' lawyer, Eric Sirotkin, says Tripp signed off on the permission
>slips in question.
>
>"They've never admitted the reason they kept him out of the classroom is
>because he had encouraged students to develop opinions," says Sirotkin,
>who plans to file a lawsuit Monday against the Rio Rancho school system,
>alleging violating of Nevins' First Amendment right to free speech.
>
>In order to raise money for Nevins' legal fees - which could range from
>$10,000 to $50,000 depending on how far the lawsuit goes - members of the
>Alliance for Academic Freedom, a group that supports free expression of
>teachers and students, are sponsoring a performance at the KiMo Theater on
>Sunday. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted.
>
>The show will include local and national musicians, but the majority of
>performers will be poets reading their work.
>
>"Poetry venues are the only place you can hear both sides to something,"
>says Don McIver, a local poet who helped coordinate the event. "In the
>media, there's so much pro-, pro-, pro-, pro-, pro-war. Poetry readings
>are a place where the other side can be expressed."
>
>Poetry got Nevins through a time he recalls as dark and painful.
>
>"I was in the middle of a lesson, and I was literally pulled out of my
>class," he says of the day of his suspension.
>
>No time to pack up his stuff - someone else did that for him. No chance to
>say goodbye to his students - he received several supportive phone calls
>from them but didn't feel it was appropriate to call them back.
>
>No closure. No assurance. No light at the end of the tunnel.
>
>"That was a real uncertain time," Nevins says as he restlessly tugs at the
>ends of his curly silver hair that rests on the nape of his neck. "But I
>assumed it was going to blow over, and they were going to ask me to come
>back. Because I knew I didn't do anything wrong."
>
>Nevins, a freelance journalist and self-proclaimed poet, did a lot of
>personal writing during those two months. At first, the words revealed
>anger, sadness, disappointment.
>
>It took about four months, he says, before he could write about peace and
>love and reconciliation.
>
>"You have to spew forth some of the bile before you get to the good
>stuff," says Nevins, who now teaches journalism and humanities at Nuestros
>Valores Charter High School in the South Valley.
>
>The anxiety that consumed him during the spring stemmed from more than his
>suspension. His 22-year-old son, Liam, a squad leader in the 82nd Airborne
>Division, was somewhere in Afghanistan leading his forces into combat, and
>Nevins was worried.
>
>"We had moments when our hearts were in our throats," he says. "I saw a
>photo in a magazine that looked like Liam carrying a coffin. It wasn't him."
>
>Liam has been supportive of his liberal-minded dad, Nevins says, as have
>his two grown daughters.
>
>"They know I do what I do and that I'm very outspoken," he says. "They
>were worried about me, but I told them: `You gotta have faith.' I have a
>lot of friends, and so many people have rallied around me."
>
>Teaching again also helps.
>
>"I never have a bad day as a teacher," he says.
>
>There's been talk about forming a poetry team at his new school, something
>he says is crucial in getting students to think for themselves.
>
>"It's sad to see the Rio Rancho team is no longer there," he says of the
>poetry slam team that disbanded shortly after Nevins' suspension. "As a
>parent and a grandparent, I like to see kids encouraged in their
>creativity. If Liam wrote a poem, I'd want him to be able to read it out
>loud."
>
>Sunday's poetry event at the KiMo gives Nevins hope that the United States
>is not "returning to a period of clamping down on free thought," he says.
>
>"I think we're going to see young people and the elders speaking their
>minds, and we'll get to see what free New Mexico is like."
>
>
>If you go
>
>What: "Poetic Justice: Committing Poetry in Times of War." Local and
>national authors, poets and musicians will read and perform.
>
>Why: The goal is threefold: To raise money for Bill Nevins' legal fees; to
>raise community awareness about First Amendment rights; and to inform
>people of the lawsuit that Nevins' lawyer will file against Rio Rancho
>Public Schools on Monday.
>
>When: 6 p.m. Sunday.
>
>Where: KiMo Theater, 423 Central Ave. S.W.
>
>Cost: Free. Donations will be accepted.
>
>Call 768-3522.
>
>Not alone
>
>Bill Nevins is one of six Albuquerque-area teachers who were suspended
>during the war against Iraq.
>
>Geoff Barrett was a contemporary issues and social studies teacher at
>Highland High School who was briefly suspended and docked two days' pay
>after displaying student antiwar art work. He returned to Highland
>following his suspension and later sued Albuquerque Public Schools,
>alleging violation of his First Amendment rights. He settled with APS, and
>the letter of reprimand was removed from his file and his docked pay
>restored. A short-term employee, Barrett's contract expired at the end of
>the 2003 school year and was not renewed. He teaches at Robert F. Kennedy
>Charter School.
>
>Allen Cooper was a social studies teacher at Highland who displayed
>posters in his classroom with antiwar sentiments, including a poster from
>an Afghan student. A short-term employee, his contract was not renewed at
>the end of the school year. He is suing APS, alleging violating of his
>First Amendment rights and school policy. He is not teaching.
>
>Ken Tabish, a guidance counselor at Albuquerque High School, was suspended
>without pay for two days for refusing to take down antiwar material in his
>office. He is suing APS in the same lawsuit as Cooper. He still works at
>Albuquerque High.
>
>Carmelita Roybal, an English teacher at Rio Grande High School, was
>suspended for two days without pay when she didn't take down antiwar signs
>when school administrators asked her to do so. She is suing APS in the
>same lawsuit as Cooper and Tabish. She returned to Rio Grande this year.
>
>Heather Duffy, an art teacher at Rio Grande High School, had a similar
>antiwar sign in her room, which she did not take down when administrators
>asked her to do so. Duffy, who was suspended with pay for two days,
>resigned from her teaching job in April. She is not teaching.
>
>Courtney's poem
>
>Here is an excerpt from Courtney Butler's poem "Revolution X," which she
>read over Rio Rancho High School's closed-circuit television system in
>February. Her poetry coach, Bill Nevins, was placed on paid leave less
>than a month later.
>
>"This is the Land of the Free . . .
>
>Where the statute of limitations for rape is only five damn years!
>
>And immigrants can't run for President.
>
>Where Muslims are hunted because
>
>Some suicidal men decided they didn't like
>
>Our arrogant bid for modern imperialism.
>
>This is the Land of the Free . . .
>
>You drive by a car whose
>
>Bumper screams
>
>God bless America!
>
>Well, you can scratch out the B
>
>And make it Godless
>
>Because God left this country a long time ago."