Brumation
By Jane Yolen. There's a word for how Republicans are handling Trump. …
President’s 4th
By Michel Krug. In Trump's capital, Independence Day brings out tanks, Blue Angels, thousands of soldiers, Jumbotrons and weak reasoning. …
Reparations
By Sandra Fees. Black Americans suffer a hushed biography of consequences. Reparations aim to fix that. …
The Candidates I Want
By Tyler Friend. In the Democratic primary, there is a candidate for every mood. …
Mr. Magoo Goes to the Trump Rally
By Carol Flake Chapman. The winner of our weekly poetry challenge takes satire to Disneyworld proportions. …
Saved, 3 Baby Rabits
By Mark Williams. On a president who takes credit for resolving crises of his own invention. …
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 subpoena. …
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. …