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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.

The race is on to improve road traffic, says poet Ryan McCarthy about autonomous autos, but tomorrow we’ll be riding just the same.