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Category Archive: Global News

Warmongers

The poem, “Combat Fatigue,” responds to the culture of men obsessed by violence and war in a world ruined by it–and the generations impacted.

December 17, 2025 Conflict, Global News, Government, News, Violence

“Leave it at that”

“Leave it at that” is a reposting of a poem from a 2018 post about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi by a hit squad sent by Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud.

November 20, 2025 Global News, Government, News, Violence

Starvation in Gaza

“Broken” is a response to the inhumane conditions in Gaza, which bring poet Anne McCrady to tears.

August 4, 2025 Children, Conflict, Global News, Peace, Politics, Violence

Assault on Democracy

“Relentless” parallels recent storms with global political upheaval as the terrible rhetoric of destruction.

March 5, 2025 Corruption, Global News, Natural Disasters, News, U.S.A.

Paris Olympics

Anne McCrady’s poem, “The Torch,” honors the many athletes competing in the Paris Olympics and the tradition of the Olymic Torch.

August 15, 2024 Global News, Heroes & Sheroes, News, Sporting Life

Mexico’s 1st Woman President

“Presidenta” celebrates the election of Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, as Mexico’s President.

June 6, 2024 Global News, Heroes & Sheroes, Politics, Science, Women

Gaza

“Oh, Shalom” is a peace poem written for Passover 2024, compelled by the anguishing situation in Gaza.

April 21, 2024 Children, Conflict, Diplomacy, Global News, News, Peace, Politics, Tragedies, Violence

Men Gone Mad

Questions Everywhere, criminals disguised as politicians play charades of leaders but allow no one to guess the answer. […]

January 23, 2024 Conflict, Elders, Global News, News, Violence

Worldwide Natural Disasters

“UnNatural Disasters” offers an apology and conviction for causing Climate Change.

September 13, 2023 Environment, Global News, Natural Disasters, News, Science, Weather

Anniversary

marking a year of Russia’s assault on Ukraine Here we are an old couple bitter in our disdain […]

February 27, 2023 Conflict, Diplomacy, Global News, News, Tragedies, Violence

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