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James Penha
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Poet. Editor of @NewVerseNews.bsky.social at http://newversenews.blogspot.com and https://thenewversenews.substack.com . Expat New Yorker living in Bali. he/him 🌈 💙 Story collection—Queer As Folk Tales—out now https://a.co/d/9GkGz81. https://jamespenha.com
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James Penha @jamespenha.bsky.social · Dec 31
In “Queer as Folk Tales” I have gathered ancient myths and legends from Virgil to the Brothers Grimm and reimagined them with queer lovers at their heart. But the collection boasts characters and narratives even straight readers can enjoy. E-book only $6.99! www.deepdesirespress.com/queer-as-fol...
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February 7, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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NVN Saturday at Substack: Mark F. DeWitt’s #newspoem “The Ballad of Lisa Cook” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-saturd...

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NVN Saturday: THE BALLAD OF LISA COOK
by Mark F.
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February 7, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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This is what EVERY city needs to do, especially schools and hospitals. Stop ICE from targeting and endangering our children!
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani drew a hard line. He signed an executive order barring ICE from NYC property — schools, hospitals, shelters, parking lots — without a judicial warrant. Sanctuary protections strengthened. Immigrant rights defended. Federal overreach blocked. NYC stood up.🙌🏽🙌🏽
February 7, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my poem at 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/h...

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February 7, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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Mark F. DeWitt sings “The Ballad of Lisa Cook” in his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

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THE BALLAD OF LISA COOK
The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
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February 7, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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This poem by a Somali immigrant read by Samiya Bashir @scryptkeeper.bsky.social at The Slowdown @slowdownshow.org must be heard. www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2026...

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1450: Home by Warsan Shire
Today’s poem is Home by Warsan Shire.
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February 6, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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This is overt racism. Full stop. There’s no ‘misinterpretation’ and no excuse. This is who he is, who he’s always been, and why he should never be anywhere near power again. And there’s a reason the tapes from The Apprentice have never been released.
February 6, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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NVN Friday at Substack: Laura Rodley’s #newspoem “The Longest Mile”
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NVN Friday: THE LONGEST MILE
by Laura Rodley
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February 6, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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A wily coyote named Floyd is the subject of Laura Rodley’s @newversenews.bsky.social #poem “The Longest Mile.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

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THE LONGEST MILE
The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
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February 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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NVN Thursday at Substack: Macrocosmic #newspoems "Beating Up the Poor" by Dale Jacobson, "As the World Burns" by Moudi Sbeity, and "Tax the Rich" by Virginia Aronson thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-thursd...

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NVN Thursday: Macrocosmic
"Beating Up the Poor" by Dale Jacobson, "As the World Burns" by Moudi Sbeity, and "Tax the Rich" by Virginia Aronson
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February 5, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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@newversenews.bsky.social #poems "Beating Up the Poor" by Dale Jacobson, "As the World Burns" by Moudi Sbeity, and "Tax the Rich" by Virginia Aronson bit.ly/39DQ3WM

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February 5, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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Love Samiya Bashir’s @scryptkeeper.bsky.social intro—something of an ars poetica by way of Galway Kinnel no less—at Monday’s @slowdownshow.org www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2026...
1448: Orchestra by Russell Brakefield
Today’s poem is Orchestra by Russell Brakefield.
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February 5, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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February 5, 2026 at 5:12 AM
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February 5, 2026 at 2:58 AM
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February 5, 2026 at 2:20 AM
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After Trump declares himself the “winner” of the 2020 election, we can petition the Supreme Court to make him step down since he’s already served two terms.
February 5, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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The pressure is working, but make no mistake: this "drawdown" would still leave thousands of federal immigration agents on the streets of Minneapolis, around four times the size of the city's current police force.

These agents continue to sow chaos, and Congress needs to rein in these agencies now.
Trump administration to withdraw 700 immigration agents from Minnesota
The Trump administration will withdraw 700 federal immigration agents from Minnesota, border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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Two days ago, we discovered Trump has engaged in the most corrupt behavior of any president in history—giving secret technology to China's ally in exchange for the Trump family getting half a billion dollars.

And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
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Trump accused of ‘corruption, plain and simple’ after UAE invested in family firm
White House says president is not involved in running his businesses. Ethics experts remain concerned
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February 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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Folks, every single video you've seen on here (or anywhere online) of local law enforcement arresting ICE is fake. They're all AI-generated. They're not real. I know they may look real to you, but they're not. Please, for the love of all that's good, stop sharing these videos.
February 4, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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MAGA movement and its QAnon cousins made so much noise about how the hunt for pedophiles was their obsession. It turns out that those concerned about child sexual predators should have staked out Jeffrey Epstein’s island…not a D.C. pizza restaurant.
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Who is Hurting Kids?
MAGA is the menace
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February 4, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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NVN Wednesday at Substack: Margaret Hasse’s #newspoem “Letter From a Beseiged City in America.”
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NVN Wednesday: LETTER FOM A BESEIGED CITY IN AMERICA
by Margaret HasseSo alone, each of hundreds in our north star state—beings sniffed out, run down, dragged, tied up, shoved in, head-cracked, driven, dumped in dark places, disappeared. So alone, the r...
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February 4, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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Margaret Hasse’s @newversenews.bsky.social #poem is a “Letter From a Beseiged City in America.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/02/lett...

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LETTER FOM A BESEIGED CITY IN AMERICA
The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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‘They Couldn’t Break Me’: A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...
‘They Couldn’t Break Me’: A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo
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February 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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(WSJ) - The manufacturing boom President Trump promised would usher in a golden age for America is going in reverse.

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February 3, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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NVN Tuesday at Substack: Linda Parsons’ #nrwspoem “Chosen”
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NVN Tuesday: CHOSEN
by Linda Parsons
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February 3, 2026 at 11:02 AM