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The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues. Submission Guidelines: Send previously unpublished poems in the body of an email to nvneditor@yahoo.com OR to nvneditor@gmail.com. Use "Verse News Submission" as the subject line. Send a brief bio. No payment. Authors retain all rights after 1st-time appearance here. Scroll all the way down left to read the fine print.

Friday, August 26, 2011

CITIZEN

by Charlie Mehrhoff


Citizen.
American.
The war,

don't say
it hasn't come here,

I read nothing else
upon your face.


Charlie Mehrhoff has sent out little work in the past decade but has occasionally offered some words to The New Verse News.
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