Journalism in Verse
The Earth Holds Us, Always
By Lee Peterson. The mud from your grave, from your son's, caked and brown.
“They Have Come for the Poets”
By Jed Myers. Myanmar's military dictatorship fears the writers' power.
Jimmy and Me
By Marlena Maduro Baraf. Decades of history unite a poet and the former POTUS.
Blood Stream at Lekki Toll Gate
By Success Akpojotor. Despite bloodshed and violence, young Nigerians speak up.
At the Top of the Hill, Unnamed Graves of Workers They Didn’t Bother to Carry Down
By Stephanie Niu. A headstone is only a home for a name.
You Shouldn’t Have Pissed Us Off: A Lesson in Polish Obscenity
By Adriana Rewald. The last time Poland protested in these numbers, the government fell.
Proclamation on Indigenous Peoples’ Day
By Leila K. Norako. A president addresses Turtle Island.
You Look Like Your Mother
By Roxana L. Cazan. The butterfly effect of the U.S.-Iran conflict leaves Iranian minorities in the dust.
