Portside

Poet W.D. Ehrhart makes a riff off 13 blackbirds, in hopes of you all doing the right thing in November.

Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach knows more than a thing or two about Ukraine wars, way more to mark the passage of its second anniversary.

Susan Moser’s poetry addresses the “extinction crisis”—thousands of species disappear forever—as human life goes on in this world.

In this presidential election year, poet Carol Kanter issues an elegant warning of a certain candidate “assuming, accruing power.”

The only African American woman to serve in the Spanish Civil War, nurse Salaria Kea fought racism all of her life.

Mississippi poet Philip Kolin traces the history of enslavement since 1619, this extract from his new book White Terror, Black Trauma (Third World Press).

The poet C. Liegh McInnis pays homage to the great African American activist, Robert Moses who led the campaign for civil rights in 1960s Mississippi and later the Algebra Project committed to education equality.

As the ice melts at the global poles, Texas poet Everett Cruz laments our leaders plead for their votes at the polls but ignore the results.

Peter Carroll’s visit to Perry, Iowa gives no warning of sudden violence that occurred there this week, except for feelings of despair that might afflict a troubled young man with nowhere to go.

War remains headline news, as ever, perhaps distracting public attention from the Big Bang, so says poet Gerry Sloan.