Today the Cruise Ships to Cuba Turned Back [AUDIO]
By Lea Aschkenas. A twin cinema poem examines interlocking differences between the U.S. and Cuba. …
Clearing the Air
By Kathy Gibbons. Hiroshima marked the 74th anniversary of its nuclear bombing this summer, an event still nearly impossible to imagine. …
Chicatanas for Mourning, A Recipe
By Alan Pelaez Lopez. Carmela Parral Santos, mayor of a small Oaxacan town, opposed deforestation. On Saturday she was found murdered. …
You Don’t Say…?
By Linda Eve Diamond. British MP Jacob Rees-Moggs has a list of banned words for his staff. Trouble is, he seems to love using them. …
Walmart Was the Largest Retailer in America
By Howard Debs. A speculative future of a global superstore's downfall. …
We Look Down the Barrel of Our Own Nuclear Apocalypse For the Seventh Time Today [AUDIO]
By C. Samual Rees. "We neglect my curriculum for makeshift apocalypses & pale horses & lines of code." …
To A Ugandan Granddaughter
By Jane Yolen. Ugandan activist Stella Nyanzi is serving an 18-month prison sentence for her vagina-centric political poetry. …
Blacks of Buenos Aires
By J.D. Smith. Argentinians are taught they have no African heritage. The country's Afro-descendant activists tell a different story. …
Radiation Filtered
By Lauren Davila. Chernobyl has turned into a tourist hotspot. Will its painful history get lost in the Instagram stream? …
Gweilos
By The Poet Mj. The winning poem from our weekly challenge is inspired by Hong Kong's cascading topography and cascading history. …