Staff / TruthdigDec 21, 2015
Here are the 10 poems that readers liked best from our very own original political poetry series, inaugurated this year. Here are the 10 poems that readers liked best from our very own original political poetry series, inaugurated this year. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 25, 2015
Jay Sizemore's poem ponders why the U.S. is involved in war after war, a question that becomes increasingly relevant as the country continues interfering in the Middle East. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 11, 2015
"Let this inform you how/ to be informed" begin Peter Burzynski's scathing couplets on critical thinking at a time when misinformation floods our daily lives. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigOct 28, 2015
Penelope Moffet's poem, based on a Los Angeles Times article that narrates the story of a polar bear who loses her infant cub as she swims hundreds of miles to reach the nearest ice floe in an ever-melting Arctic sea, beautifully illustrates the effects of the man-made destruction of the natural world. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 14, 2015
Based on a study that posits that the children of Holocaust survivors may inherit genes altered by their parents' trauma, Megan Collins' poem beautifully ponders how to live with the tragic fact that "blood remembers blood." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 23, 2015
Shelley Puhak updates James Wright's "Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota" to give it a modern political twist. The full title of her poem is "Channeling James Wright Near a Sand Mining Site in Minnesota." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 19, 2015
Poet Sonia Greenfield ruminates over the racism and ethnocentrism involved in international responses to epidemics, including the recent Ebola outbreak, which was mostly concentrated in West Africa. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 5, 2015
Jocelyn Macdonald's poem about the environmental crisis will have you quitting meat, riding your bike, chasing your dreams and spooning the love by your side, all to "slow down the rising of seas, the death of the bees [and] the electric current of spreading disease." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 3, 2015
Purvi Shah's poem collects the voices and stories of some of the women who fasted to promote immigration reform as part of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 13, 2015
L.E. Goldstein's lyrical lines fill the imagination with the beauty of an area that is quickly becoming one of the many casualties of a world overrun with capitalist greed and corruption. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 1, 2015
Kenji Liu's poem about the 2014 conflict in Gaza is especially poignant to listen to as news of the Palestinian Authority joining the International Criminal Court spreads. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 4, 2015
Paul Hlava describes series "Negotiations" as a collage of "language, metaphors and quotes, from managers, workers and management flyers" that were used during a vote to form a collective bargaining unit. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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