It’s Currently Summer Here Where We Boil Our History
By Suzanne Swanson. "You’d like it here where the repetition of lies has a rhythm verging on lullaby." …
Pantoum of the American Citizen
By Alejandro Escudé. Don McGahn testified that Trump tried to get Mueller fired. Now he's following Trump's order to resist a House …
There is a Border No Skin Can Cross
By Barry Wallenstein. Imagining a border town with the name of Fearless. …
Death by the Numbers
By Mary Turck. The winning poem of our weekly challenge does the math on migrant child death at the U.S. border. …
40 Acres and a Tool
By Mernine Ameris. The winning poem from our weekly challenge is for Harriet Tubman. …
Flying Above, America Glides Over Avenues of Contempt Belonging to the Generations Before Us
By Ariana D. Den Bleyker. "She’s incapable of chanting ohm, screaming ouch in the deepening obscure night." …
In My Dream
By Mary Ann Honaker. Our symbol of liberty is a woman. …
America the Beautiful?
By Steve Karamitros. Patriotism gets a fearless rewrite. …
Sinkholes
By Richard Cummins. Even the White House lawn is dangerous. …
Masters of the Universe
By Alejandro Escudé. The winning poem from our poetry challenge sees hero archetypes fractured on the screen. …