Michael T. Young: Two Poems
It begins not in the trees exactly
but in what they do to the light
Arun Gupta: 10 Organizing Principles for Defeating Trumpism 2.0
Here are the organizing lessons I learned from movements for worker organizing, immigrant rights, Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, climate justice, Palestine solidarity, and abortion rights. These lessons may serve us well under Trump 2.0.
Alison Luterman: At First
as the days bled into each other and I bore helpless witness
to the plagues rained down in my name on those we called other,
when I saw that the soft bodies of children were the battleground,
the stone began to burn with rage and then shame
Clarence Lusane: Making America White Again
The Deafening Silence of Trump’s Black Supporters
Gerry LaFemina: Spring Redux
Every bird’s got perfect pitch
they remind me again,
even that bitchy blue jay
on the high branches of the apple tree.
Jon Queally: Khanna Sounds Alarm as Thousands of Factory Workers Laid Off Amid Trump Tariff Chaos
“Imagine if federal worker unions and Democratic Party officials showed up at the plant gate of a company that was about to close its doors,” said one labor advocate. “Why aren’t the Democrats doing this?”
Alexis Rhone Fancher: Kate’s Pantoum
My best friend shows up two days post mortem.
Her soul not yet departed, she sits on my bed.
The mattress gives with her weight; I feel her shadow.
When I reach for her, she’s gone.
Abby Zimet: A Disaster Of Idiocy | So This Penguin Came Up To Me
Several tariff targets are in fact remote outcroppings of ice and rock populated by no humans but many freeloading penguins and seals, who thank God won’t be “looting and pillaging” us any more.
José A. Alcántara: To a Friend Who Does Not Believe in God
from the first chord
on the guitar, her body stilled, her face went slack.
For two minutes, she went somewhere else,
somewhere quiet, beautiful, free of pain.
Vegan Kitchen: Southwest Kale Salad with Cumin-Tomato Dressing
Here’s a great tasting salad rich in antioxidants, protein and fiber. I serve this dish with a hearty bread and plant-based butter or nut spread.
Miriam Levine: They Call It Menopause
my brain
lit up with fantasies in
which I was dominant, a top,
not on men but women.
My thrusts were cruel.
John Feffer: Surviving a Political Dark Age
No longer being able to count on U.S. power or NATO security guarantees in the age of Trump, European Union leaders have decided to visit the gym and muscle up.
Naomi Shihab Nye: Trying to Name What Doesn’t Change
Every Tuesday on Morales Street
butchers crack the necks of a hundred hens.
The widow in the tilted house
spices her soup with cinnamon.
Ask her what doesn’t change.
Edna St. Vincent Millay: Song of a Second April
Hepaticas that pleased you so
Are here again, and butterflies.
