CONTRAST IN SEPTEMBER
by Jerome Betts
She lay in state for days, a gracious Queen,
Life’s work respected by a mourning host,
Soon after someone else had quit the scene,
Who lied for years both in and out of post.
Jerome Betts lives in Devon, England, and edits the verse quarterl Lighten Up Online. His work has appeared in a wide variety of British magazines and anthologies as well as UK, European, and North American web publications such as Amsterdam Quarterly, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, The Asses of Parnassus, Better Than Starbucks, The Hypertexts, Light, The New Verse News, and Snakeskin.
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MAD FLY THEM TO MARTHA’S VINEYARD
by Cody Walker
DeSantis move to fly migrants to Mass. stokes confusion, outrage from critics —The Washington Post, September 16, 2022
He thought he saw a Schlubby Cheetah Resting by the Pier: He looked again, and found it was The Holocaust. “Oh dear. It happened in my parents’ lifetime. Might still happen here.”
Cody Walker is the author of three poetry collections, all from the Waywiser Press. He lives and teaches in Ann Arbor.