Second Coming No. 77 — April 6, 2025
A poem-a-day protest against the threat posed to our democracy by the current occupant of the White House
J.I. Kleinberg
Three Visual Poems
The news
they always
to withstand
J.I. Kleinberg is the author of the visual poetry collection She needs the river (Poem Atlas, 2024) and the visual poetry chapbooks How to pronounce the wind (Paper View Books, 2023) and Desire’s Authority (Ravenna Press, 2023). Kleinberg’s visual poems have appeared in The Indianapolis Review, OJAL Art, Venti, Poemeleon, and other journals. She lives in Bellingham, Wash.
Indolent Books and editor Michael Broder are back with another poem-a-day series as a creative response to the threat posed to our democracy by the current occupant of the White House. The plan is to continue for all 1460 days of the 47th American presidency.
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Very creative!