Michael Simms @voxpopulisphere

Poetry Moment: 'Sometimes I Wake Early' by Michael Simms Poetry Moment presents 'Sometimes I Wake Early' by Michael Simms

Thank you, Marjorie Maddox, for including my poem 'Sometimes You Wake Early' in Poetry Moment, a radio show broadcast by WPSU: radio.wpsu.org/2025-12-01/p...

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Laure-Anne Bosselaar: In Response to a Student Asking Where to Find Poetry During Difficult Times In your friend’s voice. Or silence. In all those years it takes for a barn to collapse. In the terrified tenderness of a first kiss. In a last kiss too.

'm grateful to the Chinese mainland government for allowing Vox Populi poetry to be taught in schools. Laure-Anne Bosselaar's poetry is among the most commonly assigned: voxpopulisphere.com/2025/08/04/l...

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Michael Simms: The Crows We barely recognized ourselves But the crows knew Who we were and where we’d been Why we returned

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Philip Terman: Two Poems our daughter rubbing softly and deeply, her knowing hands breathing into the pain their love

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Governor Shapiro, You May Be AI Ready. We're Not. In July, Governor Shapiro participated in Senator Dave McCormick's PA Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh to accept $92 billion in investments in data center and energy projects President Trump...

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Our country is being run by hypocrites, bigots and racists. Vote them out.

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Trump is the only convicted felon to ever serve as president.

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Trust Issues: Stories Trust Issues: Stories

I just ordered Kim Davis's new collection of short stories. YAY! Here's the link:
www.amazon.com/Trust-Issues...

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OMG. These people have suffered so much already. Now this.

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Lao Yang: “Magnolia” by Michael Simms, translated into Chinese and recited 《玉兰》 Suppose you held what you love so tightly you broke it Suppose you let something slip away

So grateful to Lao Yang for translating my poem into Chinese, putting both versions to music and including them in his new album Ten Love Poems. Here are both English and Chinese versions: voxpopulisphere.com/2025/11/15/l...

15.11.2025 20:00 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

41 years ago today, 4 brave peace activists broke into a missile silo in Missouri and smashed the weapons equipment.

The participants were part of the Plowshares movement, an anti-nuclear and Christian pacifist group inspired by biblical teachings to "beat swords into plowshares."

12.11.2025 09:32 — 👍 89 🔁 22 💬 3 📌 0

US Senator Fetterman is from Western PA where I live. He ran as a progressive Democrat, but once he was elected, he became a MAGA Trump supporter. He is a liar, a cheat, and well... a racist. We will vote him out as soon as we can.

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Video: Play Hard Nate, a workaholic drummer, spends all his time practicing in pursuit of perfection. When he meets Yazmine, a like-minded, dedicated modern dancer, he realizes that the key to success isn’t j…

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The American rightwing coalition seems to be splintering. Congressional Republicans are turning against an unpopular Republican president. If progressives can consolidate support for candidates who share our progressive values, then we can prevail.

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The ICE agents belong in jail.

04.11.2025 05:03 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Michael Simms: Last Testaments at dawn you’ll arrive having thrown your luggage in the River Styx and we’ll drink from the silver cup of day

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YouTube video by Mr. Newberger's AI Funnies NEW SEA SHANTY - What Shall We Do With Our Drunken Leader?

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For the umpteenth time: We currently do NOT have a United States Congress. We don’t. The Legislative Branch of our federal government does NOT currently exist. 💯 this.👇

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Pictured is Adelita Grijalva who wins special election, first Latina to represent Arizona in Congress

Adelita Grijalva did everything right - organized, campaigned, canvassed.

@adelitaforcongress.bsky.social worked hard and it paid off, becoming the first Latina to represent Arizona in Congress.
*Over a month ago.*

What Mike Johnson is doing to her is abhorrent.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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