Trump inaugural puts artists in quandary

Several months ago, before the presidential election, San Francisco poet and author Dean Rader found himself engaged in a philosophical debate with some of his fellow poets: If Donald Trump were to win the presidency, and if he asked one of them to compose a poem to be read at the inauguration, would they do it? On the one hand, none of them supported Trump for the presidency. Rader didn't know many politically conservative poets, in general, and his friends found the prospect of Trump's election to be "terrifying" and offensive.

Bright Hope of a Nation

Lifting our eyes to the light and progress of the day, chasing the shadows of violence from the coast of the night. Let's bury the past to its cave, let the glory of the future rise in the atmosphere of the present Ogunniyi Abayomi was born July 11, 1991 in the city of Lagos, where he resides.

Remembering the Reading of John Hershey’s Hiroshima in 8th Grade

The sound of the wind Accompanied by a hummingbird chime and The chirp and duets of songbirds Creates an inspiring symphony That invites reflection on life and the day Paul Cech has been writing poetry since 1970. Several of his poems have been published as Saturday Poems in the Pittsburgh- Post Gazette and the Thomas Merton Center of Pittsburgh has published several of his poems in NewPeople.