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       presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

Friday, October 28, 2005

CROWS AND PINES

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by Eleanor Brown Steele Hurricane of feathers crows storm in. They heed the rallying cry to the tops of p...
Thursday, October 27, 2005

ROSA PARKS 1913-2005

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by Alisa Gordaneer doesn’t matter if it’s rosa’s bus there on the corner in the weeds, tyree says it is so it is, and it looks just like tha...
Wednesday, October 26, 2005

LIVING IN THE CONGO

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by Linda A. Cronin As many as 50 villagers, of Nindja in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, were carried off into the surrounding forest ...
Tuesday, October 25, 2005

PLASTIC NOT BUDDHA REIGNS

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by Barbara Schweitzer The day glooms dark this afternoon long before the appointed hour of dusk. A fitful oak badgers the window haunting th...
Monday, October 24, 2005

DEMOCRATS' DILEMMA

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by James Penha Left to be digested in the belly of the whale at sea the end of our agony like Pinocchio's nose extends beyond the power ...
Sunday, October 23, 2005

POLICE FIND CADILLAC BURIED IN WOMAN'S BACKYARD

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by Rochelle Ratner Blame it on the population growth. Blame it on the stock market. Blame it on the government that set milk regulations ...
Friday, October 21, 2005

ON IMPACT

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by Alisa Gordaneer we’re not used to happy endings, the jet circling los angeles for hours waiting until emergency crews can foam the runway...
Thursday, October 20, 2005

THE DIRECTORATE OF TUBE ALLOYS

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by Elizabeth Pietrzak The Directorate of Tube Alloys lined up among mighty masters of fate remembers that a sleek polished silver shell can ...
Wednesday, October 19, 2005

1945-2005

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by Kathleen Sullivan Two days after the bright ball of light, the smoke and blast of fireworks over Times Square dispersed for a little whil...
Tuesday, October 18, 2005

V@LKERIE FL@ME

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A NEO-OPERA by Bill Costley Synopsis : Winnip@c, veiled 3-headed goddess of cia-deception, destroys all who invoke her hidden name. Cast: ...
Monday, October 17, 2005

THE HIPPO'S LESSON

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by Robert M. Chute As lumbering on land as a great half deflated ball too awkward to roll, but submerged this River Horse, Hippopotamus, bec...
Sunday, October 16, 2005

ELVIS IN A DARK DREAM

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by J. T. Brown Sleep Elvis Dream of summer days gone by In the heated beat of promise The anticipation of something new Dancing on endless h...
Saturday, October 15, 2005

COUPS IN THE NEWS

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by Paul Hostovsky Don't you love a good coup? I don't mean the fascists and generals with mustaches who overthrow them on the front...
Friday, October 14, 2005

VACATION

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by Renée Guillory If you want to find Tony Blair look nowhere, man - then look at the Sardinian Cliffs, which draw beleaguered ministers lik...
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