Tag Archives: Political Poetry

SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: DEEP CALLS TO DEEP

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Sivan Butler-Rotholz

From DEEP CALLS TO DEEP By Jane Medved: WINTER BURIAL For the sky that reaches into its hushed pocket, for the bridle of winter waiting to be released. For the ghost face which slips over everyone, for the tusk of … Continue reading →

SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: RACHEL HEIMOWITZ

Posted on March 24, 2018 by Sivan Butler-Rotholz

REFRESH By Rachel Heimowitz We raise them in lemons, in buttercream, in cornmeal, we cut the crust off every loaf and serve blueberries to those who can’t abide the crumbs. We let them ride our arms like cowboys, and when … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: #METOO POETRY

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Sivan Butler-Rotholz

Editor’s Note: As the #metoo movement that originated ten years ago with Tarana Burke reached a critical mass this week, together we bore witness to innumerable traumas. Perhaps, like me, you felt far more than you were able to articulate. … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: THE TREASURES THAT PREVAIL

Posted on October 14, 2017 by Sivan Butler-Rotholz

From THE TREASURES THAT PREVAIL By Jen Karetnick: ADVISE AND CONSENT It seems to fall to men to create disasters and women to mop up after. The first thing people have to forget is their sense of the senatorial desk, … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: LEAH UMANSKY

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Sivan Butler-Rotholz

By Leah Umansky: HARD It is hard to quiet the blackberrying pain. The little chronicles, the streaks, and the intimate workings. I will face this by red-winging my truths. I will push my blues into orchids. BALLAD I decided to … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: THE NEW COLOSSUS

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Sivan Butler-Rotholz

THE NEW COLOSSUS By Emma Lazarus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: “LET THEM NOT SAY” BY JANE HIRSHFIELD – A POEM OF SOLIDARITY & PROTEST

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Sivan Butler-Rotholz

from LET THEM NOT SAY By Jane Hirschfield: Let them not say: we did not see it. We saw. Let them not say: we did not hear it. We heard. … Let them not say: it was not spoken, not … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: KELLY CRESSIO-MOELLER

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Sivan Butler-Rotholz

ON WHY I NO LONGER SIT AT THE WINDOW SEAT ON A TRAIN By Kelly Cressio-Moeller Germany was like a step-mother: utterly familiar, utterly despised. ~ Erica Jong It’s a good day for a lie-down, overcast and wet-wooled – even … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: THE NEEDS OF THE MANY BY BRENDAN CONSTANTINE

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Sivan Butler-Rotholz

THE NEEDS OF THE MANY by Brendan Constantine On the days when we wept— and they were many—we did it over the sound of a television or radio, or the many engines of the sky. It was rarely so quiet … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: MANISHA SHARMA

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Sivan Butler-Rotholz

Millions of girls continue to vanish pre-birth in India simply because they are girls. The following poems imagine these vanished girls. DEAR DAUGHTER In my mind I cradled you in my arms I didn’t cage you you latched onto my … Continue reading →

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