Thursday, November 21, 2024

AN AUTHOR’S LAMENT

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by Lynn Hess The Destin Log My wisest friends are letters with whom I have conferred. I often like to join them in small clusters known as w...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

SIRENS IN THE DISTANCE

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by Nancy Byrne Iannucci Drought has parched the Northeast U.S. for weeks, draining reservoirs, priming the landscape for damaging wildfires ...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

FIRST CONTACT POST ELECTION

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by Susan Martell Huebner Yesterday, my neighbor offered cranberries,  an ordinary  gifting, one baker to another. She chanced the wet, slick...

REFLECTIONS ON FINDING MY MOTHER’S WARTIME CHILDHOOD HOME, NOVEMBER 2024

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by Steven Kent World War II Poster My granddad went to fight the fascist terror; To guard our way of life, he traveled far. Democracy, he kn...

NEXT MORNING TEXT TO A FRIEND

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by Joanne De Simone Reynolds Detail from “ Morning Has Broken ” ( Oil and Acrylic on Canvas) by Brad Gray, 2017 I was despairing at 4 am—   ...

PREMONITION

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by Susan Vespoli       “I don’t want you to get your hopes up.”  —Christopher On Tuesday, all set for a victory party, I stopped at the groc...
Monday, November 18, 2024

ON MT. FUJI EXPERIENCING ITS LATEST SNOWFALL IN 130 YEARS

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by Carissa Coane AP image via Republic , November 13, 2024 At first, I think I’ll write an ode: to the snowdrops finally crowning this hallo...
Sunday, November 17, 2024

OUR PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINEES

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 The New Verse News celebrates our nominees for the next volume of The Pushcart Prize : Published March 24, 2024 UNAUTHORIZED VERSION by J...
Saturday, November 16, 2024

THREE CROWS AT DAVID GILMOUR’S LAST CONCERT ON HIS 2024 WORLD TOUR

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by Terri Kirby Erickson Sitting in front of us at David Gilmour’s Sunday night show at Madison Square Garden, is a family of three— mother, ...
Friday, November 15, 2024

ODE TO A MAGA FUTURE

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by Peter Witt AI-generated graphic by Shutterstock for  The New Verse News . I don't care if  Ukraine ends up a satellite of Russia Isra...

IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID

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by Phyllis Frakt    Millions out of work, bellies empty. Penniless war veterans in rags. Men out on streets sell apples or wait in line for ...