Heavy Work
Poetry for Labor Day: The working-class persists, survives, says California poet Lita Kurth; but it sure isn’t easy.
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Poem for the Immigrants on the Corner of Cesar Chavez in San Francisco
Paterson Literary Review
This Labor Day, the poet A.D. Winans pays tribute to the workers of the world.
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HR Explains Your Severance Package
Poet Lore
On this Labor Day weekend of grievous unemployment, poet Carrie Shipers shines a touch of irony on business-as-usual.
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Shirt
The 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.
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