[Max Goodman]

http://newversenews.blogspot.com/201...dra-bland.html

Good work, Janice.

[Mary Meriam]

Thanks for that, Janice.

[Jean L. Kreiling]

Janice, our eloquent conscience.

[Ed Shacklee]

Good one, Janice. An eloquent jeremiad that hits the mark.

Best,

Ed

[Charlotte Innes]

Thank you, Janice, from me too. This needs to be said.

Charlotte

[Eileen Cleary]

Janice this is an important witness piece.
Nice work.


Eileen

[Terese Coe]

Thanks, Janice. The sorrowful state of the US.

Typo on "1986"? It was 1989.

[Janice D. Soderling]

The Iran-Contra was 1986, and a rearrangement of my lines messed up the Wall reference.

There are always readers smarter than writers.

I could/should have written:

That was way back in the eighties, Sandinista, Khomeini, arms for hostages,

Which I will do if I ever include it in a collection of political verse. Which I would like to do, but there isn't a great outcry for that.

[Tracey Gratch]

Strong piece, Janice. Congratulations!

Tracey

[Siham Karami]

Powerful, Janice!!! I'm crying out for a book of political poetry! What made that not work was the tendency toward propagandizing. You've proven here it can be done. So many grievances, so few voices...