Second Coming No. 89 — April 18, 2025
A poem-a-day protest against the threat posed to our democracy by the current occupant of the White House
Paula Colangelo
In Dark Times
for Cory BookerWhile I lay slung in the water
a sailboat aground
one man stood and spoke
for 25 hours. His point—
It’s time to speak out
for all to rise and stand
upright, our moral moment,
unyielding
to hold the room
for as long as our legs
will support us.
Paula Colangelo‘s poems have appeared in Salamander, Sugar House Review, SWWIM Every Day, Lily Poetry Review, and Slant, among other journals, and her book reviews appear in Pleiades and Rain Taxi. Colangelo received Binghamton University’s George R. Dunham Poetry Prize sponsored by the Academy of American Poets. She holds an MFA in poetry from Drew University where she received the Jane Coil Cole Scholarship.
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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