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Politically progressive poetry on current events every day since 2005. Ed. @JamesPenha.bsky.social
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NVN Monday at Substack: Karen Marker’s #newspoem “After the Shooting” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-monday...
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NVN Monday: AFTER THE SHOOTINGS
by Karen Marker
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November 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my haiku today at 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/h...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Karen Marker writes her @newversenews.bsky.social #poem “After the Shootings” in Oakland earlier this month. newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/11/afte...
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AFTER THE SHOOTINGS
The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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NVN Sunday at Substack: Our Pushcart Prize Nominees. thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-sunday...
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NVN Sunday: OUR PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINEES
The New Verse News is proud to announce its nominees for the next series of the Pushcart Prize.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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THE NEW VERSE NEWS @newversenews.bsky.social is proud and excited to announce its six nominees for the next round of Pushcart Prizes. newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/11/our-...
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OUR PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINEES
The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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NVN Saturday at Substack: Pamela Kenley-Meschino’s #newspoem “Say Their Names” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-saturd...
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NVN Saturday: SAY THEIR NAMES
by Pamela Kenley-Meschino
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November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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In her @newversenews.bsky.social #poem Pamela Kenley-Meschino asks us to “Say Their Names”… the names of all Kristi Noem’s victims. newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/11/say-...
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SAY THEIR NAMES
The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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November 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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NVN Friday at Substack: Dick Altman’s “The Bomb Factory Down the Block” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-friday...
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NVN Friday: THE BOMB FACTORY DOWN THE BLOCK
by Dick Altman
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November 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Dick Altman writes in his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem of “The Bomb Factory Down the Block.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
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THE BOMB FACTORY DOWN THE BLOCK
The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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NVN Thursday at Substack: Ron Shapiro’s #newspoem “Quiet, Piggy.” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-thursd...
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NVN Thursday: QUIET, PIGGY
by Ron Shapiro
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November 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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President Beelzebub plays his part as analyzed in Ron Shapiro’s @newversenews.bsky.social #poem “Quiet, PIggy.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/11/quie...
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QUIET, PIGGY
The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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NVN Wednesday at Substack: Sharon Neubauer’s #newspoem “No One Sees the Sunrise” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-wednes...
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NVN Wednesday: NO ONE SEES THE SUNRISE
by Sharon Neubauer
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November 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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The Security Council passed a hazy resolution on Gaza. Thus, the speaker of Sharon Neubauer’s @newversenews.bsky.social #poem can say, “No One Sees the Sunrise.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/11/no-o...
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NO ONE SEES THE SUNRISE
The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
newversenews.blogspot.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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NVN Tuesday at Substack: Griffin Taylor’s #newspoem “Champurrado: A Remedy for Misunderstanding” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-tuesda...
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NVN Tuesday: CHAMPURRADO: A REMEDY FOR MISUNDERSTANDING
by Griffin Taylor
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November 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Griffin Taylor’s @newversenews.bsky.social #poem offers “A Remedy for Misunderstanding.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/11/cham...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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NVN Monday at Substack: “Worthless” by B. Fulton Jennes and “Elegy for a Close Attachment” by Zumwalt thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-monday...
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NVN Monday: Goodbye To All That
“Worthless” by B. Fulton Jennes and "Elegy for a Close Attachment" by Zumwalt
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November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Penny Wise and Em Foolish: @newversenews.bsky.social #poems: “Worthless” by B. Fulton Jennes and “Elegy for a Close Attachment” by Zumwalt bit.ly/39DQ3WM
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November 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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NVN Sunday at Substack: Paul A. Freeman’s #newspoems “Trump v BBC” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-sunday...
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NVN Sunday: TRUMP V BBC
by Paul A.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Paul A. Freeman is a-rhymin’ his @newversenews.bsky.social #limericks “Trump v BBC.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/11/trum...
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TRUMP V BBC
The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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NVN Saturday at Substack: Jess’s #newspoem “Tar” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-saturd...
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NVN Saturday: TAR
by Jess
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November 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Jess sets fire to her craft and the result is her @newversenews.bsky.social #poem “Tar.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/11/tar....
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TAR
The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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November 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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NVN Friday at Substack: Gil Hoy’s #newspoem is “A Poet’s Self-Portrait as a Hospital Bed.” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-friday...
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NVN Friday: A POET'S SELF-PORTRAIT AS A HOSPITAL BED
by Gil Hoy
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November 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Love this little analysis of Karen Solie’s “Meadowlark” from Wellwater: english.web.ox.ac.uk/article/echo...
Echolocations: Reflections on Poems by A.E Stallings (Issue 5)
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November 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM