Michael Simms
voxpopulisphere.bsky.social
Michael Simms
@voxpopulisphere.bsky.social
Poet, novelist, essayist, vegan, peace activist living in Pittsburgh, PA.
Very grateful to the government of mainland China for approving my poetry to be read and translated in English language courses. Hundreds of thousands of visits to my website: voxpopulisphere.com/2025/07/27/m...
Michael Simms: Ecstasy & Envy
Someone offered me Ecstasy And I wondered what they had in mind. Perhaps lying on a beach on the island Of Antigua, the sun on my skin, a red sail In the distance soon to arrive?
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December 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Reposted by Michael Simms
Agree ๐Ÿ’ฏ With Maryland
Congressman Jamie Raskin......
December 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
the man is a nazi.
December 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
He has set back men's liberation by a hundred years.
December 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Thank you, Eve. Love this book.
December 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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...
Poetry Moment: 'Sometimes I Wake Early' by Michael Simms
Poetry Moment presents 'Sometimes I Wake Early' by Michael Simms
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December 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
'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...
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: In Response to a Student Asking Where to Find Poetry During Difficult Times
In your friendโ€™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.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
November 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Our country is being run by hypocrites, bigots and racists. Vote them out.
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Trump is the only convicted felon to ever serve as president.
November 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
November 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I just ordered Kim Davis's new collection of short stories. YAY! Here's the link:
www.amazon.com/Trust-Issues...
Trust Issues: Stories
Trust Issues: Stories
www.amazon.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
OMG. These people have suffered so much already. Now this.
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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...
Lao Yang: โ€œMagnoliaโ€ by Michael Simms, translated into Chinese and recited ใ€Š็މๅ…ฐใ€‹
Suppose you held what you love so tightly you broke it Suppose you let something slip away
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November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Reposted by Michael Simms
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."
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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.
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Reposted by Michael Simms
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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.
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The ICE agents belong in jail.
November 4, 2025 at 5:03 AM