A poem-a-day protest against the threat posed to our democracy by the president and his fascist regime
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Second Coming No. 516 — June 19, 2026
Claire Zoghb
Nightly he chortles into his chilled vodka
delights in his rival’s daily litany of lies
praises his Orthodox God for social media
saving him countless rubles on surveillance and spies.
Yet on moonless nights like this...
Second Coming No. 515 — June 18, 2026
Virginia Barrett
Ice Reclaimed
Ice is a cube that melts with warmth.
Ice is a pond to skate on—dangerous if thin.
Ice is a glacier, a slow moving river
rapidly retreating from climate change.
Ice is a domed cap flowing outw...
Second Coming No. 514 — June 17, 2026
Dawn L. C. Miller
The Times of Day One
How happy they all were at the beginning!
In the morning’s triumph of election,
He came and tore through the lusty people
who wore their underpants inside out.
In the bright noon of His r...
Second Coming No. 513 — June 16, 2026
Rachael Ikins
Night Terrors
Earth’s angry weather wrings a body, discards the wash rag.
And this body hurtled and burst insomniac from here to where,
driving half somnolent through grief’s anxious fog.
Hooked up to Wi-Fi, flaili...
Second Coming No. 512 — June 15, 2026
Margaret Shafer
I Only Want to Know
I only want to know what you’ve already seen—
the root of a rose petal, the square root of stones breaking,
of the boy in the ruins crying, the crying
of split stone, the smooth stone floor poli...
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White, working-class, gay, Jewish, boomer, poet, writer, classicist, cultural materialist, queer theorist.
Author, activist, parent, grandparent, gardener, nature lover, and aspiring musician contemplating what it means to be a creative soul in a challenging universe.
I am a poet and retired RN from MN.
Photographer/Poet
Poet. Fantasy Author. Progressive Christian. Human Rights Advocate. Screaming at the church to actually follow the teachings of Jesus
I am writing political and social activist blogs. I am a published poet and young adult author! I live in Manhattan.
Retired lawyer. Nature lover. Environmentalist. Woodworker. Co-author of “Never Trump Poetry” Substack.
Linguist. Writer. Editor of Forgotten Ground Regained, journal of alliterative verse.
I write and review poetry; am awestruck by dancers; wildly inspired by art and performance.
Graphic designer and poet
Poet, Dog Lover, Gardener, Vegan, and Husband to Mr. B
Michael T. Young’s fourth collection, Mountain Climbing a River, will be published by Broadstone Media in late 2025. He received a Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. www.michaeltyoung.com
Author, artist of 13 books so far. Prize winning poet, mother of cats, dogs and fish who want to be fed
Writer, entrepreneur and educator. I help you reflect, write and share who you are as a human being. Subscribe to learn ways to use journaling to discover, self-coach and share your values.
Poetic Social Justice lives in the space between social work and creativity. Victoria Harden is a professor, poet and social worker. She holds a MSSW from the University of Tennessee and doctorate in Health from Middle Tennessee State University.
See my bio at https://alliteration.net/poets/deane/
Richard Levine, a retired NYC teacher and Vietnam veteran, is author of seven books. Now in Contest is forthcoming from Fernwood Press. He is an Advisory Editor of BigCityLit.com. website: richardlevine107.com
Phyllis Frakt was inspired to write poetry after hearing Amanda Gorman at the inauguration of Joe Biden. Since then, she has written nearly 250 poems, about a dozen published. She lives in New Jersey.
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