Tuesday Takeout
poetryby BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat TurnerTerror Tuesday is what the White House calls the basement meetings at which the First Black President profiles and targets individuals and groups of...
View Article9/11... My lil’ 1.5 cents: What’s Trump Got To Do With It?
2016 presidential campaignpoetryby BAR poet ion residence Raymond Nat TurnerHope. Change. Yes we can. I'm with her. Or maybe not. Make America Stronger Together Again....11/9 My lil’ 1.5 cents: What’s...
View ArticleRed Alert
poetryby BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat TurnerNow that Democrats are practically out of office, corporate donors are sponsoring empty spectacles of their own design, including another Climate...
View ArticleOh, what a night…
poetryby BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat TurnerOur poet shares a scene from a late nite NYC subway ride home from this years' holiday party of the National Writers Union.Oh, what a night…by BAR poet...
View ArticleA Poet's Proposal for DT's Inauguration
2016 presidential campaignpoetryby BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat TurnerWord is that president-elect Donald Trump still has performance openings for next week's inaugural. In the selfless and noble...
View ArticleAncestral Thoughts, Aloud…
poetryby BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat TurnerThe first full week of the Trumpacolypse behind us, our poet consults the ancestors...Ancestral Thoughts, Aloud…by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat...
View ArticleMake America Great Again
poetryby BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat TurnerUnlike the president, our poet is firmly grounded in the history as well as the here and now of America. Here is his prescription for what it will take...
View ArticleBlitzkrieg
poetryby BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat TurnerBlows and kicks are raining thick and fast, though many miss their mark their mark. But the intention of the 45th president is plainly to take us...
View ArticleFor the Planet and Humanity to Survive / can't make this up
Department of Warpoetryby BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat TurnerThis week our poet in residence offers a brief meditations upon where and what sorts of bombing ought to be allowed, if any, and upon...
View ArticleBig Lie Goliath
poetryby BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat TurnerOn the presence, and likely not the passing of Bill O'Reilly.... Big Lie Goliath… Prelude:by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat TurnerO’Reilly Clinton...
View Article2 Poems - About How and Why Some Things Work. And Some Others Don't
death penaltyDemocratic PartypoetryBy BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat TurnerIn two works of poetry this week, Turner offers cogent observations on two phenomena, one that pretty much works as...
View ArticleRa Was Right
poetryby BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat TurnerSome artists write poems and novels. Others paint and perform. Some build imaginary worlds you can immerse and lose yourself in. Some bring messages...
View ArticleWhen I Grow Up…
poetryby BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat TurnerRalph Pointer, husband of the recently deceased peoples lawyer and political prisoner Lynne Stewart is an accomplished freedom fighter in his own right....
View ArticleLook Away, Look Away....
Department of Warpoetryby BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat TurnerFor us living in the US, our poet reminds us, imperial atrocities are at worst collateral damage, and most often invisible. Only when...
View ArticlePoem For Zigi
poetryby BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat TurnerThis week's offering from BAR's poet in residence was also published this week at Dissident Voice. Poem For Zigiby BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat...
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