The Arctic is On Fire [AUDIO]
By Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach. When the fire starts in us, will we choose to put it out?
8 Years of Journalism in Verse
The Addictive Futility of Hope [AUDIO]
By Brent Terry. A poet conjures an imaginary art installation as testimony
We Look Down the Barrel of Our Own Nuclear Apocalypse For the Seventh Time Today [AUDIO]
By C. Samual Rees. "We neglect my curriculum for makeshift apocalypses &
Even Here [AUDIO]
By Paul Bone. An American poet writes about how gun violence is everywhere.
Massachusetts Contemplates Moving to the Atlantic Time Zone [AUDIO]
By Jennifer Martelli. "Come home, I say to her, there’s a house on my street you could move right into."
We Knew This All Along [AUDIO]
By Thea Engst. Somewhere in Indonesia, a tiny seahorse uses a pink, plastic Q-tip to ride the waves.
In Utuado, Blanca Mops [AUDIO]
By Lis Sanchez. In Puerto Rico, a mother is stranded on makeshift life support in the man-made disaster that hit after Hurricane
Ode to Kneeling [AUDIO]
By Caitlin McDonnell. On kneeling, the powerful solidarity action for the Black Lives Matter movement.
Head of the Household [AUDIO]
By Amy Shaw. A poet stands at the busy intersection of new tech and old gender beliefs.
Eye Pray [AUDIO]
By Alejandro Escudé. "What if it’s also about desire?" A poem on sexism, fatherhood, and violence.
Translation Guide for Conversations After Another Trans Death [AUDIO]
By torrin greathouse. "she’s dead : list of names lengthens like a shadow/ she was so young"
This Poem Isn’t a Dirge [AUDIO]
By Rodney Wilder. Positive environmental news comes from an unlikely place.
Selections from Haiku Hotline: “The Sea” [AUDIO]
Poets Reading the News collaborated with the podcast Interesting People Reading Poetry to curate these great, short poems about the sea.
