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presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

Monday, August 25, 2025

BLACK ICE

by Lavinia Kumar In Edison [NJ], thousands of immigrant workers toil in hundreds of warehouses, sorting millions of boxes arriving from near...

Sunday, August 24, 2025

REWRITING THE BORDER

by David Chorlton It’s doves and thorns and sunsets all the way into night, and blue mountains float away at dusk. The border isn’t what it ...

Saturday, August 23, 2025

WE’RE BACK!

by Karen Marker “We are not going to let the communists destroy a great American city, let alone the nation’s capital,” [Stephen] Miller tol...

Friday, August 22, 2025

THE LARGE ONES HAVE JOINED I.C.E.

by Michelle DeRose My grade school had no gymnasium. The auditorium hosted PE class on rain-darkened days or those slick with ice, the low ...

Thursday, August 21, 2025

WHAT THE LIVING HAVE SEEN

by Lynne Rappaport Donate here . How many days has it been now, since 10/7, that those Israelis held captive in tunnels in Gaza have been wi...

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

THE SOUND OF THE WELL

by Shirin Jabalameli Beneath a cracked and ancient dome, the wind slips through fissures, circling the hull of a stranded ship. Coffee grow...

I WANT TO LOVE WAKING UP

by Lynne Schilling after “I Want to Love the World” by Christine Potter I want to love waking up again, but for months I’ve been waking u...

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