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Taking George Orwell's classic text, 1984, as her foundation, poet Rebecca Foust casts a cold eye on the pronatalism of today's religious conservatives.

Poet Charlotte Muse knows this life is fleeting, and yet it is the sweetest comfort in the face of political and social chaos.

Poet Esther Kamkar unspools the story about the snake and the garden.

California poet Nels Goñi Christianson describes two ways of celebrating Thanksgiving.

Poet Suzanne Lummis offers a bedtime story for the children of America, in which we witness the miracle of deflation.

As she travels across America, poet Marsha de la O asks her country, "Who is lost, and who isn't?"

Poet Peter Carroll reminds us why we celebrate the arrival of spring.

Poet Florence Weinberger contemplates what her husband, an Auschwitz survivor, left behind.

Poet Gerald Fleming pours ice water on displays of martial pride.

Poet Carine Topal finds resistance even in the most crushingly authoritarian society.