Vox Populi

A curated webspace for Poetry, Politics, and Nature with over 20,000 daily subscribers and over 8,000 archived posts.

Jose Padua: Another Friday Night Lost in My Head vs. the Collected Songs of the Filipino Genius

the people have
heard enough of everything
that’s real and want nothing
more than something
that’s easy to believe

April 19, 2024 · Leave a comment

Michael Simms: My debut novel is being launched tonight

This evening the rap artist and filmmaker Christian Nowlin will be helping me launch my debut novel BICYCLES OF THE GODS: A DIVINE COMEDY.

September 1, 2022 · 2 Comments

Robinson Jeffers: Shine, Perishing Republic

…a mortal splendor;
meteors are not needed less than mountains;
shine, perishing republic.

October 2, 2020 · Leave a comment

Tom Engelhardt: Turning 74 in a Failing World

Three Failing Experiments? Mine, America’s, and Humanity’s.  There was a period in my later life when I used to say that, from the age of 20 to my late sixties, I … Continue reading

July 30, 2018 · 1 Comment

Chris Hedges: The End of Empire

The American empire is coming to an end. The U.S. economy is being drained by wars in the Middle East and vast military expansion around the globe. It is burdened … Continue reading

October 3, 2017 · 1 Comment

Archives