Listen, America

Your broad stripes, your bright stars– surely you see how they flag in the scumbled air. Your bitter quarrels, your burning hills, the nodding amber grains– They wail, Wake up! But your swaddling flags muffle... Read More

The Trump Museum 2030

In Vegas town, where lights shine bright and long, within a casino where the bets went wrong, The Trump Museum, like a golden dream, Rises in 2030, the ultimate theme. Through gilded doors the eager... Read More

If…

Bozo the Clown were President, he’d be Ringmaster of his own Inauguration Ceremony. He’d Rocky Balboa the Capitol steps, and swear while swearing in. “…███, ████, ████*, and defend the Constitution of the United States,... Read More

inherently mine

i don’t think it’s chance or that fate wrote me, i believe i write this story, slowly and consciously see felix adler whispered, “deed before creed,” so i plant kindness where others sow greed vonnegut... Read More

The Poem as Primary Document Miklós Radnóti and the Poetics of Witness

Most successful poems derive their power from the space in front of them. They create a gap between the right now and next time, imbuing the poem with a sense of the future. Without that... Read More