Portside

California poet Charlotte Muse digs into the open grave which is Gaza.

Poet Marie Howe shows us the frightening consequences of "what we did to the earth."

In the shadow of 9/11, poet Ruben Quesada shows us the destructiveness and death that come with "progress."

Poet Elizabeth Scanlon asks "what is this a culture of," and finds the usual answers wanting, leaving it up to the rest of us to make better choices.

Chinese Poet Weijia Pan offers a glimpse of the contradictions in a “classless” society.

Precise as a haiku, with the force of a hand grenade, poet Lola Haskins offers a terrifying glimpse of the war in Gaza.

Poet and scholar Philip C. Kolin offers a succinct overview of the meanings and mis-understandings of the term “Voting Rights.”

Poet Terry Adams relates how a sensitive child might learn about the intricate relationship between bullets and death.

Poet Peter Neil Carroll offers a wry and humorous look at the interplay between his progressive ideals and life’s daily joys.

This poet has a skeptical say about the Higher Powers who control twelve-step programs.