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As Minnesota poet Susan Cossette reminds us, watch out for prophets!

“You can tell a lot by a laugh,” said a certain Republican politician, and a laugh may set you free!

“War is warm this year,” writes the poet Oksana Maksymchuk, violence spilling over international borders, stinging with no end in sight.

As wars go on, writes the Ukrainian-American poet Oksana Maksymchuk, civilians find moments of joy, but then….

For the poet Beau Beausoleil, the war in Gaza drags on, no end in sight and distance offers no clear refuge.

Midwest poet William Trowbridge has a good eye for bargain real estate, perhaps a good reason to stay on Earth.

The poets says doomsday: climate heat is serious business, coming sooner than you think.

Michigan poet Ryan McCarty witnesses the shock of pepper spray from an unfeeling cop doing his job.

California poet Alison Luterman wants to know why two antiques are running for the presidency while the talent of competent women is ignored, and it’s no joke.

Poet Ehrhart questions how our Declaration of Independence can be true, even as the nation moved toward democracy, perhaps a warning that Constitutional originalism is equally absurd.