Photo by Wokandapix (Pixabay) *** On Being A Teacher in Tough Political Times: Why? by Nancy Barno Reynolds So, I’ll tell you a little secret: On day one post-2016 U.S. presidential election, I considered quitting my profession – and I teach teachers how to...
Gage Skidmore photo Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally in 2016 *** Say Good-Bye to the Social Contract by Henry A. Giroux December 26, 2016 In this interview (below) with The Real News Network, Henry A. Giroux argues that while it is hard to...
Photo by MIH83 (Pixabay) *** OFF THE CUFF II Well, I was wrong. Donald Trump made it to center stage. The Electoral College has spoken. But in receiving phone calls and emails as to reactions to what transpired I decided I needed to clarify a few things. As my...
Marc Vincenz reading his works *** Marc Vincenz: “…from the embalmed history to the embedded memory to the unleashed imagination…” With Tom Bradley Marc Vincenz is the author of nine poetry books. The latest are This Wasted Land and Its...
Photos from www.calliebowdish.com***** Snowy Plover Chicks on Sands Beach at the Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve. *** Plover Honey by Tim Walker On an April day at Sands Beach, I stand with my back to the wind and sea, hands warming in pockets, looking up at a...
Photo by Michael Vadon / Composite by Chuck Haupt His Excellency. Another Gathering Storm? The Trump Era in American Politics The following are comments, poems, images and essays from Ragazine staff members and readers in reaction to the election of Donald...
EXILE The word bird does not itself take flight from ……….off ……………..the ……………………page. nor do the letters robin insert their beak deep into the field of white between...
Mike Wilson \ Unsplash *** Her Turn By Julieanna Blackwell She hated him. She recognized it as hate and the simplicity of it surprised her. She wondered if he would recognize her, and the hatred, too. Did he know the simplicity of hatred? Waiting for her turn,...
AFTERMATH Big Sur, California, May 2009 Phosphorescent green flickers against wet dark, ………….fire in another tongue Memorials of trees, stripped bare, black as …………mummies, stand witness Leaf-laden alders,...
Sun Xiaoming photo. UNESCO Mingde Gate of the Imperial City, World Heritage Site of Xanadu City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. *** Harmony or Dissonance by Mike Foldes Life is a process of constant learning. You’ve heard that before and to only hear it may sound...
I’m Priscilla *** The Sacred Thread by Donna D. Vitucci Seated Learning The ghosts watch us quietly, for what else have they to do? Our lives exasperate them. The children have never minded their elders, they whisper to one another. We hear their voices as...
Vladimir Chuchadeev *** Dreams of Decadent Grief by Alexandra Stanislaw You imagine your suicide – the faux porcelain bathtub brimming with sudsy water, milky swirls kissing your breasts, the bulge of your middle over the top line of the water, the reddening...
Erda Estremera *** Town at the End of the World by Shelly R. Fredman The first time I walked the slip of sand that is Wellfleet Harbor, I huddled in the wind against my college professor. He had summered in the town for years, and for our first and only night...
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