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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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...
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- Oct 1, 2021
- 2 min
No Hymn Flowering in the Morning, a Poem by Praise Osawaru
First Place Winner of the "Vultures & Doves: Social Issues of Our Time" Poetry Competition. for a while now, each time I fall into the...
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- Sep 24, 2021
- 1 min
Moon in the Time of Coronavirus, a Poem by Michael Shen
moon veiled by tissue clouds glides through, flirtatious filly, back slapper, money man, and filters light fickle on our rock, where...
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- Sep 18, 2021
- 3 min
A Lesson in Cultural Priorities, a Short Story by Phyllis Houseman
In the summer of 1962, I traveled to Ecuador as part of a Peace Corps Volunteer group of science and math teachers. First, we trained for...
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- Sep 11, 2021
- 9 min
To the Icons of the Hour, a Poem by L. R. Laverde-Hansen
I Some years have come and gone—perhaps these years It takes for root to take that this might live: A small tribute to these amazing...
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- Aug 31, 2021
- 1 min
A Typical Saturday, a Poem by Chella Courington
In Memory of Edwin, Joseph, Kameron, Leilah, Mary, Raul, and Rodolfo. Sun scorches the West Texas desert. Air conditioners hum on high....
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