My "Portrait of a Primary" has been published via The New Verse News today! newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/07/port... @newversenews.bsky.social @jamespenha.bsky.social #MIPrimary #miprimary2026 #michigan #abdulforsenate
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Politically progressive poetry on current events every day since 2005. #7 limag for “Exceptional Reading” in ChillSubs poll. https://newversenews.blogspot.com Substack version: http://thenewversenews.substack.com Ed: @JamesPenha.bsky.social
A new poem posted tonight on the New Verse News reflecting on the American response to the recent Canadian wildfires: newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/07/bein... @newversenews.bsky.social #poetry #currentevents
BEING NEIGHBOURLY
The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
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A few years ago I made a curriculum for Oklahoma schools wanting to teach the Bible. Texas is also welcome to it. "MEMO FROM THE PRINCIPAL OF ANTONIN SCALIA HIGH SCHOOL, CHARITY OK" was published in @newversenews.bsky.social newversenews.blogspot.com/2024/07/memo...
MEMO FROM THE PRINCIPAL OF ANTONIN SCALIA HIGH SCHOOL, CHARITY OK
The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
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Here’s the poem I wrote in memory of Brian Wilson, who died a year ago today. From @newversenews.bsky.social
MADE FOR THESE TIMES
The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
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🗽💀 ⚖️ Waiting for the serial killer to be named & for Gilgo Beach victims to get justice, I wrote poems. Come read ELEVEN HOMICIDES, GILGO BEACH, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY Thanks @newversenews.bsky.social & EIC @jamespenha.bsky.social @hwany.org @alpbeck.com newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/06/elev...
ELEVEN HOMICIDES, GILGO BEACH, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY
The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
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Thanks to @jamespenha.bsky.social and @newversenews.bsky.social for this one!
Sally Mills writes a @newversenews.bsky.social #newspoem about “My Island” & theirs—Ivanka and Jared’s… the one with a blue algae-free pool. @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/06/my-i...
MY ISLAND
The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
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Couldn’t see Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social from where I’m standing, but not at all ashamed to admit I got teary as he addressed the crowd at Queens Pride right here in my home nabe of Jackson Heights. Tish James, Donovan Richards, and Melinda Katz, too.
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Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting words many US expats might say. 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/05/21/p... @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my haibun “Not Too Hard” at 5-7-5 Haiku Journal. @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/n...
A Judge forces Pete Hegseth’s lawyer to concede that Senator Mark Kelly never said to “disobey lawful orders.” “He says you have a duty to disobey unlawful orders, right? That is something taught to every cadet at Annapolis, right?” the judge asked.
NVN Monday at Substack: Esther Cohen’s #newspoem “Dethroned Deposted” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-monday... @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social
NVN Monday: DETHRONED DEPOSTED
by Esther Cohen
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Our @newversenews.bsky.social #poet Esther Cohen was named Greene County NY Poet Laureate until the MAGAts got her fired! Esther tells the story in “Dethroned Deposted” newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/05/deth... @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
DETHRONED DEPOSTED
The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
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NVN Sunday: Carol Parris Krauss’ #newspoem “A Trophyless First” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-sunday... @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social
NVN Sunday: A TROPHYLESS FIRST
by Carol Parris Krauss
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In her @newversenews.bsky.social #poem, Carol Parris Krauss writes “A Trophyless First” about a Mother's Day with no Mother. newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-tr... @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
A TROPHYLESS FIRST
The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
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NVN Saturday at Substack: David Chorlton’s #newspoem “Migraciones” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-saturd... @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social
NVN Saturday: MIGRACIONES
by David Chorlton
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This amazing image really captures the Tennessee fight and it's all over the internet. I am reposting it to encourage people to credit photographer Nicole Hester and the Tennessean.
