Like phoenixes rising from the ashes of old newspaper stories, political poems come round again with renewed relevance.
Recent events have made me reflect on the nature of political poetry that is inaccurately designated as “of its time.”
Mark Pawlak is the author of nine poetry collections and the editor of six anthologies. His latest book is Reconnaissance: New and Selected Poems and Poetic Journals (Hanging Loose). His work has been translated into German, Japanese, Spanish, and Polish. My Deniversity: Knowing Denise Levertov, a memoir, is forthcoming in 2021 from MadHat Press.