Poem: “Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie at Riverfest, St. Paul, Minnesota"
From "The Death of Communism" (Partisan Press) and reprinted with permission.
A poem for Detroit
I'm going to tell to you a story; the details are a little gory. Detroiters are under attack; they're trying to stab us in the back.
"How Can We Make Peace Sexy?"
Inspired by Hollywood movies that glorify violence, a poet asks, "How do we make peace sexy?"
"Multicultural Soup"
A poem from a recent People's World party, potluck and fundraiser celebrating international labor solidarity and the fight for immigrant rights.
Of fire and ghazals, Agha Shahid Ali, poet of the week
The life of exile has few pluses. But one is that it opens the door to a truly internationalist consciousness, and culture.
Richard Blanco, inaugural poet, speaks to America
President Obama chose the first Cuban American and the first gay man to be the inaugural poet at his second inauguration this past Monday.
