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presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

Monday, November 24, 2025

AFTER THE SHOOTINGS

by Karen Marker Hundreds of students walked off Oakland’s Skyline High School campus on Tuesday [November 18], calling for the school and di...

Sunday, November 23, 2025

OUR PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINEES

The New Verse News is proud to announce its nominees for the next series of the Pushcart Prize . Click on a title below to read the poem.. ...

Saturday, November 22, 2025

COP 30 CLOSING DAY LIMERICK

by Paul A. Freeman With half the world living on gruel, we’re treating the planet most cruel. The ice sheets are thawing, and CO 2 ’s soarin...

SAY THEIR NAMES

by Pamela Kenley-Meschino Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) on Tuesday read aloud a passage of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s memoir...

Friday, November 21, 2025

THE BOMB FACTORY DOWN THE BLOCK

by Dick Altman Photo by Dick Altman . The aging Los Alamos lab at the center of America’s nuclear overhaul: Contamination incidents, work ...

Thursday, November 20, 2025

QUIET, PIGGY

by Ron Shapiro Words that carry me back to a deserted island where a group of schoolboys tried to survive as a civilized community without ...

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

NO ONE SEES THE SUNRISE

by Sharon Neubauer AI-generated image by Nightcafé for The New Verse News One of the oddest UN resolutions in history seeks to solidify sha...

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