Tag Archives: Poetry

Alice Embree :
VERSE | Beyond Borders

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | July 15, 2014 On the edge of memory The slogan echoes “El Salvador is Spanish for Vietnam” U.S. weapons for Right-wing death squads Yield peasant massacres And refugees In recent memory President … Continue reading →

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Mariann G. Wizard :
VERSE | Stronger and More Dangerous

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

By Mariann G. Wizard | The Rag Blog | April 16, 2014 Stronger and More Dangerous: April 20, 2014 I read it in the newsfeeds, I hear it all the time: the marijuana grown today is not the same as … Continue reading →

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Mariann G. Wizard :
VERSE |’Texas gay marriage: Soon come?’

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

Texas Gay Marriage: Soon Come? By Mariann G. Wizard | The Rag Blog | March 5, 2014 Candidates claiming to support the Constitution need to get hip: Love’s sweet institution will soon be respected in fair distribution. Today’s headlines say … Continue reading →

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David Rovics :
Coca Cola’s ‘America the Beautiful’

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

Here’s my contribution to the discussion resulting from Coca-Cola’s multilingual ‘America the Beautiful’ Super Bowl commercial. ‘America the Beautiful’ By David Rovics | The Rag Blog | February 5, 2014 America is beautiful but it’s got a lot of ugly … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Nina Herencia : Are We Hearing You Well, Mariann?

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

  Are we hearing you well, Mariann? New poetry and drawings from the Wizard By Nina Herencia | The Rag Blog | November 6, 2013 Mariann Wizard has published two books this month; the second one, Hempseed Food: The REAL … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Larry Piltz : Spurred by Love

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Lonesome cowboy, Kiev, Ukraine, 2009. Photo by Phil Douglis / PBase. Spurred by Love [For Buck Ramsey, Cowboy Poet Laureate] On his last mountthe cowboy criesa lonesome rollerand practitionerof the ridingroping artsalso knownas its poetlaureate supremeone late nightsaying goodbyeplease staywon’t … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Mariann G. Wizard : Steve Russell’s ‘Wicked Dew’

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

A chapbook review: Steve Russell’s ‘Wicked Dew’ By Mariann G. Wizard | The Rag Blog | January 9, 2013 [Wicked Dew, by Steve Russell. (2012: Dog Iron Press, Georgetown, TX.); Paperback; 88 pp; $7.75.] I’ve known Steve Russell since sometime … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Alyce Guynn : Pale Mornings

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Kelly Rossiter / treehugger.Pale Mornings      Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes     warm evenings, pale mornings, bottle of blues          “Brass Buttons,” Gram Parsons She removes her precious memoriesfrom the store room of her heartunwraps the protective tissue papershielding them from … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Margery Parsons : Surfing in Gaza

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Surfer in Gaza. Image from Common Dreams.Surfing in Gaza The children of Gazapacked in campslike anchovies in tingo down to the beachto swim, and to surf.There is nothing timid about the way they take the waveson their boardshome-made with scraps … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Don Paul : Word Passed Down through Forbidden Radio

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Don Paul and Chuck Kinder at Stanford, January 2002. Photo by April Smith.Word Passed Downthrough Forbidden Radio for Chuck Kinder and John Sinclair on their birthdays, October 2012 The voices beside your pillow, friends past midnight,Wailing from the River, whistling … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Larry Piltz : Hasan’s Beard

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Hasan’s Beard Not one to turn the other cheekHasan’s Beard bristled at the charges.Not guilty by reason of inanity!Not even accessory after the fact.Yet military justice had Hasan’s Beard by the short onesand Hasan’s Beard would ultimately take it on … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Mariann G. Wizard : ‘Inside/Out’: The Poetry of Marilyn Buck

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

‘Inside/Out’:The poetry of Marilyn Buck   By Mariann G. Wizard | The Rag Blog | May 10, 2012 The Rag Blog‘s Mariann Wizard will join fellow poets Czarina Aggabao Thelen, Lilia Rosas, Jorge Renaud, Michelle Mejia, and Jane Madrigal (San … Continue reading →

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