How to Occupy Yourself on Day Three of the U.S. Government Shutdown
By Larry Thacker. The government shutdown gives a poet time to consider other tragedies.
Journalism in Verse
The Other Half of the Sky [AUDIO]
By Jill Crainshaw. On archetypes, astronomy, and universal unity, even in a divided America.
And The Devil Laughs [AUDIO]
By Elya Braden. The political and environmental world ablaze, on the anniversary of the Women's March.
Darkness & Light
By Marianne Gambaro. "Imperfect darkness envelopes me / along with the other night creatures hidden by its veil."
Counterintelligence
By Charissa Menefee. Following Trump's Twitter stream of consciousness demands a certain estrangement from reality.
Remembering Our Life Together as a Cigarette after the Cranberries Show
By J. Todd Hawkins. Dolores O’Riordan, singer of The Cranberries, has died at age 46.
Work and Days
By Devon Balwit. A prisoner of a Soviet gulag risked her life to keep this visual diary, now revealed to the world.
Just Outside Varby Gard
By Collin Spinney. In innocence, a man in Sweden picked up a hand grenade, which detonated.
The Best Way to Fall
By Devon Balwit. On losing the fear of falling, not the fear of aging.
