Poltroon - the very word is like a ... what? a.) A North American mammal of the raccoon family known…
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In light of decision-making by executive order and the White House signing ceremonies that seem to exude smug gloating -…
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Here is a scene of violence and inhumanity that feels torn from the front page of the newspaper or a…
So there I was, wandering about, Strolling the gardens, minding my own business The way one does on an April…
We pay through the nose for subjecting of foes. Abroad we're defeated, at home, we 're cheated. The ides of…
Epitaph on a Tyrant Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after, And the poetry he invented was easy…
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.…
"Fool and scoundrel guide the State." That's true enough. In the early 1930's when this was written speeding traffic on…
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Muriel Rukeyser wrote this in 1968. Read it and tell me it doesn't feel like she is writing for this…
How will artists and writers portray this Trumpian time of disillusion, delusion and deception in which we now live? All…