Wednesday, August 07, 2019

YES, THEY SOW GUNS INTO THE BELLY OF THIS WORLD

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by Ariana D. Den Bleyker You cannot sow leaves back to a tree, unpluck the plume of an eagle. When words begin to rot the tongue, ...
Tuesday, August 06, 2019

FUCK YOUR GUN!

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by Scott C. Kaestner Fuck your gun, your right to carry it does not supersede a 6 year old child’s right to enjoy a festival with the...

TO LIE IN STATE, AS USUAL

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by David Feela Years down the political road an ex-con will be carried to the rotunda by military men at taxpayers’ expense though h...
Monday, August 05, 2019

BLEEDING OUT

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by  Lisa J. Rocklin Let's just leave it down: the flag— half-staff. Raise it high on days when no one dies             like t...

CHURCH OF THE HOLY GUNS

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by John Kaprielian Someday all poems will have to be about shootings and killing sprees It seems that's all that happens these ...
Sunday, August 04, 2019

GARDEN VEGETABLES

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by Joan Mazza The garden blooms again in profusion, offers snow peas and sugar snaps, lettuces green and crisp. The tomatoes have ...

CHEZ YESTERDAY

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by Linda Lowe If you’re hungry for the past, there are choices galore inside, and a coat check girl for starters. Think fifties, ...
Saturday, August 03, 2019

STAGING AREA

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by Mark Danowsky News of another shooting— This time folks in a Walmart in El Paso are unlucky I listen to the hourly recap while...

MEMORY OF PRAYER

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by Christopher Woods From left: Felipe Gomez Alonzo, Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez and Jakelin Caal Maquin are three of the childre...

SEESAWS AT THE BORDER WALL

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by Sister Lou Ella Hickman Two architects in the San Francisco Bay area are responsible for the installation over the weekend of the t...
Friday, August 02, 2019

THE BIG PICTURE

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by Devon Balwit The destruction of the Amazon rain forest in Brazil has increased rapidly since the nation’s new far-right president to...
Thursday, August 01, 2019

SNAKES IN AMERICA

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by Angie Minkin Two days after he read this poem critical of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) before the Kern County Board of...
Wednesday, July 31, 2019

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020

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by Susan Vespoli Lines of voters came in throngs, moved swift in crayon box of skin hues, multi-pack, to sing and chant, hold hand...

HOW LIVING WITH A CHIPMUNK IN MY HOUSE IN WHITE RIVER JUNCTION IS LIKE LIVING WITH T***P IN THE WHITE HOUSE

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by Sarah Dickenson Snyder I’m scared. Something from another world has entered the place I thought was safe. I am nervous every tim...