Most mental health professionals argue that Trump's behavior is erratic and unstable to a degree that makes him unfit for office. So why has he not been removed from office?

The Chinese scholar Professor Ma Yongbo interviewed me about my poetry. I am so honored by his attention! It was just published in China: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/JPNHBDbL_u...

"Google's own artificial intelligence team just staged one of the most stunning internal revolts in tech history — and it's aimed squarely at a deal the company signed with the Pentagon." via Your Daily Updates

Congratulations to Sydney Lea whose essay BAD AIR, first published in Vox Populi, has won a Pushcart Prize and will appear in the 51st edition of their annual anthology. voxpopulisphere.wordpress.com

Thank you, Ellen Foos editor of Ragged Sky Press, who this fall will release my new full-length poetry collection CITIES I CAN NEVER RETURN TO.

The point is it ISN'T JUST about politics any longer. It's about morality and I agree there's a line there that's now been crossed that hadn't been before by people I used to respect...

The tech bros gave us crypto currency that isn’t currency, artificial intelligence that isn’t intelligence, and prediction markets that are inside-trader scams. On the other hand, they have given us gigantic data centers that employ no one and destroy communities. So there’s that.

Yeh, all that's left to give it a simple fuck you...

Patriotic Americans should question what kind of person could support someone who starts senseless wars, is a serial adulterer, an admitted sexual predator,a pathological liar, a megalomaniac,has gone bankrupt six times, has 34 felony convictions, and — not to mention — is tied to the Epstein files.

We all know something was not right with the 2024 election. www.facebook.com/share/p/1HQr...

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My new poetry collection CITIES I CAN NEVER RETURN TO has been accepted for publication by Ragged Sky Press. Thank you, Ellen Foos, editor-in chief!

Imagine.

Thank you, Mike Vargo, for the very perceptive review of my two novels Bicycles of the Gods and The Hummingbird War published in the prestigious Pittsburgh Review of Books: pghrev.com/an-apocalyps...

Molly Fisk dares to be herself!

Hazel Hall, early modern poet and seamstress, has become one of my favorite poets: All these patterned splendours fade Before the crest my hands have made; In the lifeless flax my stitches cry With life my hands may not put by.

Vargo gives us an overview of our predatory instincts...

I just wrote a letter: Tell AT&T to drop their contract with ICE! Write one here: action.moveon.org/letters/tell...

What we did to others, we are now doing to ourselves.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/sp...

I love Jeff Friedman's fractured folk tales: voxpopulisphere.wordpress.com/2026/04/23/j...

Stephen Dobyns may be America's best living poet. Check out this poem: voxpopulisphere.wordpress.com/2026/04/24/s...

Bravery in Action!! youtube.com/shorts/iOBUd...

Is it wrong that I'm rooting for the Iranians? Trump started a war no one wanted. He's killed thousands of people, destroyed large parts of Iran, and disrupted the world economy. Now he's bragging about negotiating peace. You don't get praise for bringing a bucket of water to a fire you started.

Thank you, Ma Yongbo, for translating a number of my poems into Mandarin and publishing them in Prose Poetry Magazine in mainland China. Here's the listing in the table of contents: 迈克尔·西姆斯散文诗选 (Selected Poems by Michael Simms)

Derrick Z. Jackson: Here’s why Pete Hegseth’s war on the Endangered Species Act is so misguided voxpopulisphere.com/2026/04/10/d...

Robinson Jeffers: Ocean voxpopulisphere.com/2026/04/10/r...

To the armed forces of the US, remember your oath and the law. Do not comply with orders that constitute war crimes. Civilians and civilian infrastructure are not legitimate targets. DO NOT COMPLY. You are better than the president.

Thank you Ma Yongbo for translating my poems into Mandarin. They've been published in Prose Poetry, a major literary magazine in mainland China. Just for fun, here's the listing in the contents page: 马永波 译 / ［美国］迈克尔·西姆斯散文诗选 MaYongbo / [United States] Selected poems of Michael Simms

I love this poem by Jose Padua about kindness: voxpopulisphere.com/2026/04/04/j...

Thank you, John Murphy, editor of the lovely British magazine The Lake for featuring my poem Dandelion from my new collection Jubal Rising: www.thelakepoetry.co.uk/reviews/opra...

Thank you, Kim Davis and the staff of Madville Fantasy for publishing my newly released novel THE HUMMINGBIRD WAR. Find out more here: madvillepublishing.com/product/humm...

The entire Republican Party has been lying and covering up for Trump.

Saw this on Reddit:

The core of Jesus's teachings are to love your neighbor and welcome the stranger. Trump and his MAGA cohort fail to honor both of these teachings.

Thank you, Kim Davis, founding editor of Madville Fantasy, for reading the opening pages of Bicycles of the Gods, my first published novel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2KO...

I'm grateful to the British poet, editor and translator Helen Pletts for including my poem "Magnolia" in English, as well as a translation of the poem into Chinese by Ma Yongbo, in the journal International Times. internationaltimes.it/ma-yongbo-po...

My new apocalyptic satiric novel THE HUMMINGBIRD WAR is being released by Madville Fantasy today! It's available in paper, ebook, and audible. The audible version is free. Order yours today: www.amazon.com/gp/product/1...

My new apocalyptic satiric novel THE HUMMINGBIRD WAR is being released by Madville Fantasy today! It's available in paper, ebook, and audible. The audible version is free. Order yours today: www.amazon.com/gp/product/1...

Thank you Benny Fife for this wonderful audible version of my new speculative novel THE HUMMINGBIRD WAR. (Trumpsters are going to hate this story.) Currently, all my novels are being offered by Audible for free. Here's the link: www.audible.com/author/Micha...