Extras From a Movie: Ludlow Massacre, 1914, a Poem by Lenore Weiss
1. The ghost girl was Little Lucy, no connection to Lucille Ball, flashed her dimples, red hair on the Capitol Mall, wore smoke-soaked...
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- Aug 12
- 1 min
Rivets of Peace, a Poem by Paige McBride
gazing bosom, the famous are bound –. shimmering roots sail. sweet noble, rivets of peace fill the earth. savory salt yields crystal....
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- Jul 15
- 1 min
Insomnia, a Poem by Christina E. Petrides
My stomach warm with bread, milk, honey chamomile, I lie down at midnight. Three hours thence I stare dry-eyed into the black air beyond...
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- May 27
- 1 min
Reprogramming, a Poem by Mary Harwell Sayler
We talk to people on TV – complaining about products and fake news. We tell the weatherman, “You’re wrong again!” and criticize his coat,...
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- May 13
- 1 min
I Hear the Water, a Poem by Ann Christine Tabaka
I hear the water. It calls to me from lakes, streams, and rivers. My mother was the ocean. She carried me on her shoulders above raging...
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- Apr 29
- 1 min
Poem for Greta Thunberg, by E. Martin Pedersen
When you said the house is on fire I looked around, I'm good, what should I do, grab my cat and run? When you said you have stolen my...
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- Apr 15
- 1 min
The Unbearable Age, a Poem by Njukang Princeley
She sits upon a rock, weeping And watching the sky as it folds Into buckets of toxic smoke Rising from the endless burning Of forest and...
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- Apr 1
- 1 min
You Never Arrived, a Poem by Des Mannay
Avoid the trap Of vengeance Of turning on us When Terrorists massacre kids We ran away from men who plant bombs, Wield guns - demand...
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- Mar 18
- 1 min
Drones, a Poem by Ed Meek
You can barely hear the dial-tone that hums through the wires of your brain. It is the call of drones, buzzing as they fly on their...
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- Mar 11
- 1 min
The Untied States of America, a Poem by E. Martin Pedersen
Untied, tied, bound, gagged squirming and groaning forced to piss ourselves duct-taped and superglued shut. U.S., the U.S., the 'us', the...
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- Feb 18
- 1 min
Sleep, a Poem by Des Mannay
I should go to bed before it gets light, but there are things which bother me at night One of them is hunger - we are short of food,...
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- Feb 4
- 1 min
On The Train, a Poem by Ed Meek
Written by Ed Meek. Rubber straps shaped like nooses hang from steel rods in subway trains. Lucky for us, they’re too small for human...
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- Jan 14
- 1 min
When It Happens, a Poem by Lisa Reynolds
when it happens i no longer fight it i let it do what it needs to the cleverness i possessed is gone replaced by a what will be, will be...
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- Nov 26, 2021
- 1 min
Dear Stranger XIV, a Poem by Andrew Scott
Dear Stranger, how are you? Curious if you are witnessing what the rest of us are cause as an authority figure you, my friend, are just...
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- Nov 5, 2021
- 2 min
First They Came For: Modern Day, a Poem by Danielle Resh
I. At a Connecticut kindergarten, a man severs 26 futures. Tiny bodies lay lifeless beside the daisies, seeds uprooted. Good thing I...
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- Oct 29, 2021
- 1 min
Time to Take Measure, a Poem by Michael Shen
It is time to slow down, For reflection, For looking more deeply, And long. The facts, the data, What have they borne? Not knowledge, not...
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- Oct 22, 2021
- 1 min
Venetian Masks, a Poem by Russell Willis
Waters rise, drowning the square St. Mark’s afloat, a vessel in danger of floundering Its clock ringing out a call of distress Yet,...
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- Oct 8, 2021
- 2 min
Indictment for Sale, a Poem by Layla Maher
how many ways can you draw a woman / before she dulls / to linework and smudge / and the murky liquid / in the tub / grays / tipsy white...
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- Oct 1, 2021
- 2 min
The Sickness, a Poem by Paula Pivko
Third Place Winner of the "Vultures & Doves: Social Issues of Our Time" Poetry Competition. I was up the first school day. And my son...
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- Oct 1, 2021
- 2 min
Korean Survivors of the Japanese “Comfort Women” System, a Poem by Melanie Hyo-In Han
Second Place Winner of the "Vultures & Doves: Social Issues of Our Time" Poetry Competition. "Korean Survivors of the Japanese 'Comfort...