Showing posts with label sonnet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sonnet. Show all posts
Monday, June 22, 2026

MOMENT OF GLORY

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by Susan Patton Cartoon by Clay Jones A fighter raised his hand in victory pose, And for his spotlight moment he then chose To yell “Michell...
Sunday, May 24, 2026

PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT FOR MR. B.

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by Steven Ratiner   “The Post needs to be a profitable enterprise that stands on its own two feet.  Let me tell you why. Because it’s a ...

SHADES OF AI AND ALTRUISM

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by Ashley Nicole Nootnagel Technology Instagram A California jury has tossed out Elon Musk's high-profile lawsuit against OpenAI and its...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

WE CAN DO VERY LITTLE, BUT I WILL DO THIS

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by Annie Stenzel       Starting now, I propose to use GOOD, instead of good when I talk about a Good thing, and to say PRETTI rather than pr...
Monday, January 05, 2026

ATTENTION SPANS

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by  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons Ten years ago, a shocking headline captured the world’s attention: “Human beings now have an attention span short...
Friday, June 20, 2025

SONNET FOR THE COMPTROLLER

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by Beth Cleary He is showing us what to say, how to be, when they come for us: upright, measured in tone and gaze, Do you have a judicial wa...
Monday, June 09, 2025

PROVE THAT YOU MATTER

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by  Paul Burgess  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz defended President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” over c...
Tuesday, May 27, 2025

CECCO’S ECHOES

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S’ i’ fosse foco, arderei ’l mondo —Sonnet 86  by Cecco Angiolieri (Siena, c.1260–c.1312) translated by Julie Steiner Source: IranCartoon Tr...
Sunday, May 25, 2025

FEEDING THE FAT CATS

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by Paul Burgess Republican bill cuts food aid for elderly, low-income, & disabled Americans and increases funding for their own version...
Monday, April 14, 2025

WHAT DOESN’T VANISH IF DENIED

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by Devon Balwit AI-generated graphic by NightCafé for  The New Verse News . Department of Commerce announces the end of $4 million in fundin...
Sunday, January 26, 2025

REGARDING NEWS OF JANUARY 20, 2025

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by Jacquelyn Shah AI-generated graphic by NightCafé for The New Verse News . At home alone I don’t inaugurate. As silent never-wish-to-witne...
Saturday, November 30, 2024

I’M UNDOCUMENTED

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by  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons Metro UK, November 25, 2024 I  pass you on the street. I can't be missed. M y presence is as real as yours to...
Saturday, August 03, 2024

AFTERMATH — A FOUND SONNET

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by Susan Vespoli —all words in the poem from a  KJZZ Interview with Tom Maxedon Susan Vespoli and her book One of Them Was Mine What happene...
Friday, June 28, 2024

TO A COMMERCIAL JUDGE

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by Francisco de Quevedo (Spain, 1580–1645) translation by Julie Steiner Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito did not disclose luxury gi...
Friday, January 19, 2024

SONNET FOR E. JEAN

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by  Diane Elayne Dees E. Jean Carroll arrives at Manhattan federal court, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in New York. Less than a year after conv...
Sunday, January 07, 2024

2024 CAN BE A YEAR OF DELIGHT, PROMISES A TIMES COLUMNIST

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by Devon Balwit Quilter Delight Painting by Karla Gerard The basic premise of a delight practice (which I learned about in the essay collect...
Wednesday, December 13, 2023

SHEEP-KILLING DOG

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by Michelle DeRose Texas AG Ken Paxton steps in to make a woman’s life hell. Photo credit: DonkeyHotey / WhoWhatWhy (CC BY-SA 2.0) Big hats...