The King Is Dead
By Marc Alan Di Martino. An obituary for the founder of Strand Books, written by a former worker of the legendary New
Journalism in Verse
On the Ground
By Noreen Ellis. A preventable Amtrak train derailment left three dead in Washington.
I Think I Love You
By Tracy Quan. Music legend and 1970's teen idol David Cassidy dies at the age of 67.
At the Harvest Festival
By Devon Balwit. A poet's effigy on the chaotic scene of the Las Vegas shooting that left 59 people dead.
What Tom Petty Is to My Father & Me
By Thea Engst. A poem in memory of Tom Petty from the daughter of his biggest fan.
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"
September Boy
By Mark Tarren. An obituary for the legendary character actor Harry Dean Stanton.
Child Ballad
By Sean Kelbley. A child murdered in Jackson County, Kentucky takes us to territory beyond poetry.
The White Bull [AUDIO]
By Mark Tarren. Terror on Las Ramblas of Barcelona, of us, of our heart.
Don’t Get Too Attached
By Larry D. Thacker. A poem for when a celebrity's death hits like a death in the family.
