The Day After Trump Won the Second Time
In the dust of political defeat, something else rises: tenderness.
Journalism in Verse
Dry Eyes
Everything has changed since then, and nothing has.
Disinherited: A Lament
We once wore the white viburnum of suffragists. And now?
How to Occupy Yourself on Day Three of the U.S. Government Shutdown
By Larry Thacker. The government shutdown gives a poet time to consider other tragedies.
Counterintelligence
By Charissa Menefee. Following Trump's Twitter stream of consciousness demands a certain estrangement from reality.
Double Jeopardy
By Success Akpojotor. A tale of outlaws and jailers in the aftermath of CDC's banned words.
A Forbidden Sestina
By David Sklar. Censored words in the US government's scientific bureaucracy inspires poetic analysis.
Doubting Thomas Volunteers at an Alabama Senate Poll
By Crystal Stone. Imagine if Doubting Thomas, Jesus' Apostle, were to witness the campaign of Roy Moore.
The Prophet and the Tax Bill
By Tim Duffy. The Bible says that which has been stolen must be returned.
Chag Sameach, Y’all
By Jan Steckel. A poet celebrates a Hanukkah miracle as black women defeat Roy Moore in Alabama.
Origin of Words
By Amy Shaw. Trump's Center for Disease Control has banned seven words, including fetus, transgender, and diversity.
Thieved Native Ancestral Land: A Sleight Change of Hands
By J.L. Pugh. Should a legacy be retreat at gunpoint, much less a whiteman's ballpoint pen?
The Trauma of Working People
By Ernest Gordon Taulbee. A satirical response to the GOP tax bill, which is expected to harm middle-class and working-class America.
