Michael Simms: Two Summer Songs
I can’t help but be in love
with the blissful light of lemonade at noon
And gazpacho in the evening
a slice of lime hanging by its wound
Video: No Vegans Allowed
This motel decided to ban vegans and their mighty libido.
Barbara Huntington: Lost in Translation | Thoughts on Poetry After My Stroke
Then I became an erasure poem.
Tony Gloeggler: Thirteen
I want to book an early
morning flight, drive over
the hills, ride to the rescue
like John Wayne’s cavalry.
Abby Zimet: Unspeakable | We Are Swimming In A Pool of Blood
Israel’s blithe defiance of both world censure and ICJ rulings goes on apace.
Sally Bliumis-Dunn: The Milkmaid
And what luxury of looking,
knowing that you won’t be seen
by the milkmaid,
gaze fixed upon her task,
her eyes downcast
beneath a crisp white cap
Jim Minick: Sighs
How they wallop with softness,
how they soothe with the slow rush
of wind through the forest in your dog’s nose,
each follicle a pine to sing a contented song
Paul Christensen: Sailing the Seas of Memory
Five days into our sea voyage and we are in a hazy, slightly coolish mid-day. It’s another day and a half before we slow down and head for Southampton, England. Can’t wait.
Derrick Z. Jackson: Ripe for Disaster Declarations | Heat, Wildfire Smoke…and Death Data
It is clear that the opposition is willing to risk sacrificing lower-wage construction and farm workers to the sun’s brutality as executives count the cash in air conditioned offices.
Khadija Ahmed: The Movement to Ban Plastic Production
Frontline communities continue to pay for plastics—from production to pollution. Now advocates are trying to reach consensus on a global plastics treaty before it’s too late.
Lynne Thompson: Sleep, Country Of
it’s almost time for today’s circadian alarm which is the same in Gaza as in Glendale, California. But not yet, Grasshopper, not yet.
Aina Marzia: “Parable of the Sower” Is Now, Says Gen Z
Imminent drought, rising sea waters, destructive borders, a vanishing middle class, “smart drugs,” Big Pharma, privatized public schools and cities, and a governing body with the slogan “Make America Great Again.”
David Kirby: Ode to Asparagus
O wonder! O brave new world, that has such vegetables in it.
Joseph Winters: Goodbye, ‘soy boys.’ Hello, swole vegans.
Non-animal foods are more than adequate sources of protein for everyone, including professional athletes.
