he is *literally* tearing down the White House

The Democrats need to get a hell of a lot of cameras on the White House and plaster the photos everywhere. It's not just the brazen symbol of a megalomaniac destroying national heritage; it's happening during a government shutdown when ordinary people aren't getting paid. Make every American see it.

I'm reading my poetry today at 3 pm at Tompkins Corner Cultural Center in Putnam Valley NY -- open mike to follow -- pick some apples and meet me there!

I'm reading poetry at Tompkins Corners Cultural Center in Putnam Valley NY Sunday Oct 19th at 3. Open mike to follow.

thank you, my friend and excellent writer

ha! no. Have you forgotten that everyone I wrote about in advance then lived on and on?

Obituaries used to speak no ill of the dead. It wasn't until writers stopped this nonsense that obits became worth reading. People are human. Tell their real stories. Quote them. (I know this because I wrote a book about the art of obituaries.) www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dead-b...

The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph:

link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...

no that's the poem -- those lines were quotes (though I added the exclamation points)

My poetry reading for the month of August for the #sealeychallenge, detailed day by day on Instagram.

There is no such thing as the State! We must love one another or die!

I’m from Missouri. This is crazy.

I wish!

there's some excellent and fascinating history!

yes, I've noticed how many more page one obits there are!

number one fan by a mile, John!

@marilynajohnson.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

Congrats to the finalists—! Thank you for sharing your beautiful poems with us! 🙏

“The Sealey Challenge, at heart, is a big, raucous, joyful celebration of poetry.” —Laura Sackton

Whether you're brand-new to the challenge or old hat, everyone is invited to read (more) 31 books in 31 days this August!

www.thesealeychallenge.com

"Doctors are famished to the point that they have dizzy spells as they make their rounds, medics say, and the journalists documenting their caseloads are often too weak to even walk to the clinics." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

“Forget about intelligence” is a pretty good mantra for this administration

She could have written it as a tragedy, or a personal and political screed. Instead, it's a comic romp, and she thumbs her nose at the Tr*mp team with such inventive hilarity, it makes us hopeful about surviving these times. Well done, E.Jean! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/b...

Something horrible being met by bravery. As in all these stories, I wonder, who are these ICE agents? Does anyone know someone who works for ICE? Whose kids take that job? PS support the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

thanks @npr for this delicious story....

don't want to overlook this story