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News Poetry: A Tour of the Denver Basin

A Tour of the Denver Basin for Dr. Bob Raynolds 1. At the brick quarry near Parker, Paleosol rises to the surface: Ancient soil. Ocher and red. So old...

News Poetry: Wildfire Blues

The sun rises prison orange as if it feels Oregon and Montana blaze from its perch one astronomical unit away, but only our thin slip of atmosphere knows what...

News Poetry: The way they held each other

The way they held each other   in rows of cots and mattresses on the floor of cavernous arenas, the way an old man rested his gnarled hand on...

Use your words – (Re)introducing news poetry

Dear readers, You may have noticed The Independent's occasional departure from straight news into postings with stanzas and without punctuation. We call those news poems,...

News Poem: “Could Be”

Reader Alan Gilbert sent us this poem in response to the tragic shooting in Orlando on Sunday. Check out more of our long-dormant News...

News Poem: The Gardner

On Colorado’s eastern plains, / betwixt fields of wheat and corn, / in the field rat’s and the grouse domain ...

News Poem: ‘Birds of the Flood’

In the morning, the dog puked after lapping from a puddle. / He refused a bowl from the tap as if he knew better.

News Poem: ‘Edward Snowden contemplates returning home’

The brain leaves us / wracked by nostalgic gifts.