Labor Day poetry | Portside

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September 1, 2023

Lita Kurth

Poetry for Labor Day: The working-class persists, survives, says California poet Lita Kurth; but it sure isn’t easy.

September 2, 2022

A.D. Winans Paterson Literary Review

This Labor Day, the poet A.D. Winans pays tribute to the workers of the world.

September 4, 2020

Carrie Shipers Poet Lore

On this Labor Day weekend of grievous unemployment, poet Carrie Shipers shines a touch of irony on business-as-usual.

August 30, 2019

Robert Pinsky New Yorker

Labor Day Special: Former Poet Laureate of the United States Robert Pinsky reads his poem “Shirt,” among the great works of poetry about labor.