Hoax
Plainsongs
Chicago poet Donna Pucciani speaks to the cruel conditions facing young refugees, the idea they are not even people.
poetry
Bedtime
Fear of the dark, how people felt on the eve of the presidential election, 2020.
poetry
These Days, Mississippi
About Place Journal
Mississippi poet Ann Fisher-Wirth addresses the persistence of racial injustice at Ole Miss and elsewhere: “I grieve/I cannot march.”
poetry
In Praise of Integrity
In this season of politics, the Persian exile Majid Naficy speaks on behalf of principles and integrity.
poetry
Election Day, 1884
The great American Bard Walt Whitman (1819-1892) celebrates what all citizens must do next Tuesday: VOTE!!
poetry
Ceremony
Poetry Northwest
In the morbid world of coronavirus, Colorado-based poet Camille T. Dungy finds spontaneous happiness in a familiar song and dance.
poetry
The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón Emeterio Betances
Poem-a-Day
Martín Espada gives an eloquent elegy to Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances, a Puerto Rican abolitionist and revolutionary who addressed issues of pandemic and racial oppression.
poetry
Thirteen Ways of Looking at Bana al-Abed
California poet Mary Bailey captures the voice of a Syrian girl from Aleppo who, with assistance from her English-speaking mother, sent messages through Twitter documenting the siege of the city.
'Running For Your Life': A Community Poem For Ahmaud Arbery
NPR
The art that comes from hurt and pain is compelling and formidable. We received over 1,000 entries — an emotional outpouring of poems and reflections what it means to be black and safe in America today.
books
Turning and Turning: Jericho Brown’s The Tradition
The Rumpus
Jericho Brown is the 2020 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Poetry for his collection, The Tradition. Here is a review of that volume.
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