by Stephen Wing | Oct 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
I’ve been losing my elders. Not just those of my parents’ age, who are mostly gone now, but some older friends of my youth who led the way into a strange, unprecedented time when we were “finally,” as Neil Young sang it, “on our...
by Stephen Wing | Jun 29, 2026 | Blog, Uncategorized
Call me lazy, but the sheer number of possible greetings-in-passing, conversational gambits, and substitutes for “hello” finally wore me down. Like an old-fashioned answering machine with no mazelike menu of options, I narrowed them all down to a simple,...
by Stephen Wing | Feb 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
I live in a democracy, where time and time again, ordinary citizens have taken to the streets in vast numbers to demand change, pushing democracy slowly but steadily forward, making it more fair, more just, more democratic. But I also live in a nation openly ruled by...
by Stephen Wing | Dec 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Poetry is an act of the imagination: not just imagination itself, but the act thereof. Poetry is imagination in action. But can poetry be activism? “Political poetry” is frequently dismissed as the practice of dragging poetry down to the level of politics – corrupt...
by Stephen Wing | Nov 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
History loves a bad joke – so wouldn’t it be hilarious if the straw that broke the camel’s back was a comic named Kimmel? Victories in the desperate rear-guard campaign to save our democracy are rare enough to be celebrated, even against a backdrop of National...
by Stephen Wing | Oct 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
1. Let All the Rookies Win! New Leaf Distributing Co., 1997 – Once again I’ve been asked to vote in a popularity contest called “Rookie of the Year.” I guess if I were a devotee of the popular religious cult called Sports, choosing one new...
