December 8, 2023 Homeless America Philip C. Kolin Poet Philip Kolin depicts the plight of the homeless: “They give/American progress a bad name…”
December 1, 2023 Taking Sides Irwin Keller California Rabbi Irwin Keller chooses no sides in the wars but pleads for unconditional peace.
November 24, 2023 Their Feet Cross the Threshold Esther Kamkar California poet Esther Kamkar speaks about Immigrants, refugees, their perilous conditions In a world of displacement.
November 17, 2023 The American Political Sestina Alexandra Umlas Rattle Poet Alexandra Umlas uses the subtle form, a sestina, to convey the tenuous substance of American political poetry.
November 10, 2023 Parade Rest Joseph Zaccardi Slipstream California poet Joseph Zaccardi reminds us that war veterans carry their burdens through their lifetimes.
November 3, 2023 Water Melanie Tafejian Nimrod International Journal Another bombing, writes Poet Melanie Tafejian, “Ten people died./ Seven of them children….” Another mistake.
October 27, 2023 Before I Was a Gazan Naomi Shihab Nye Voices in the Air The poet Naomi Shihab Nye expresses a child’s sense of helplessness, trapped by politics and war.
October 20, 2023 Holes W.D. Ehrhart Among the many things the USA left behind in Vietnam, besides pride, remains safely underground.
October 13, 2023 Our Revels Donna Pucciani “And now we mourn the temperate days,” writes Chicago poet Donna Pucciani, as the news of weather is seldom good.
September 29, 2023 Where Are We Headed Beau Beausoleil Loss of liberty, the rise of civil terror, asks San Francisco poet Beau Beausoleil. Is that where we are headed?
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