Michael Simms
@voxpopulisphere.bsky.social
Poet, novelist, essayist, vegan, peace activist living in Pittsburgh, PA.
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I think my poem The Crows looks very cool in Arabic. Thank you, Saleh Razzouk, for translating it: al-aalem.com/%d8%a7%d9%84...
al-aalem.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I think my poem The Crows looks very cool in Arabic. Thank you, Saleh Razzouk, for translating it: al-aalem.com/%d8%a7%d9%84...
I'm honored to announce that Baron Wormser's "The Loss of Literature" has been listed by the editors of the anthology The Best American Essays as a notable essay of 2024. Here's the link to Baron's essay in Vox Populi where it was first published: voxpopulisphere.com/2024/12/08/b...
Baron Wormser: The Loss of Literature
Literature challenges the very idea of right thinking, which is one reason tyrants have suppressed literature, though that suppression is ably carried out by any zealous group of chiding, censoriou…
voxpopulisphere.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I'm honored to announce that Baron Wormser's "The Loss of Literature" has been listed by the editors of the anthology The Best American Essays as a notable essay of 2024. Here's the link to Baron's essay in Vox Populi where it was first published: voxpopulisphere.com/2024/12/08/b...
Thank you to Saleh Razzouk for publishing my poem A Story about the Sky, an elegy for my father, in Al Aalem, an English language newspaper distributed in the Middle East: al-aalem.com/en/a-story-a...
al-aalem.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Thank you to Saleh Razzouk for publishing my poem A Story about the Sky, an elegy for my father, in Al Aalem, an English language newspaper distributed in the Middle East: al-aalem.com/en/a-story-a...
Thanks to Catherine Parnell for including my poem A Story About the Sky in the wonderful journal Microlit: www.birchbarkediting.com/microlit-alm...
“A Story about the Sky” by Michael Simms — BIRCH BARK EDITING
So the sky lives in me but the dark? I don't know where the dark lives. It comes and goes.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Thanks to Catherine Parnell for including my poem A Story About the Sky in the wonderful journal Microlit: www.birchbarkediting.com/microlit-alm...
I'm grateful to Saleh Razzouk for translating my poem "The Crows" into Arabic and publishing it in the UAE magazine Al Aalem. Here's the poem in English: voxpopulisphere.com/2025/11/29/m...
Michael Simms: The Crows
We barely recognized ourselves But the crows knew Who we were and where we’d been Why we returned
voxpopulisphere.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I'm grateful to Saleh Razzouk for translating my poem "The Crows" into Arabic and publishing it in the UAE magazine Al Aalem. Here's the poem in English: voxpopulisphere.com/2025/11/29/m...
Very grateful to the government of mainland China for approving my poetry to be read and translated in English language courses. Hundreds of thousands of visits to my website: voxpopulisphere.com/2025/07/27/m...
Michael Simms: Ecstasy & Envy
Someone offered me Ecstasy And I wondered what they had in mind. Perhaps lying on a beach on the island Of Antigua, the sun on my skin, a red sail In the distance soon to arrive?
voxpopulisphere.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Very grateful to the government of mainland China for approving my poetry to be read and translated in English language courses. Hundreds of thousands of visits to my website: voxpopulisphere.com/2025/07/27/m...
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Agree 💯 With Maryland
Congressman Jamie Raskin......
Congressman Jamie Raskin......
December 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Agree 💯 With Maryland
Congressman Jamie Raskin......
Congressman Jamie Raskin......
Thank you, Marjorie Maddox, for including my poem 'Sometimes You Wake Early' in Poetry Moment, a radio show broadcast by WPSU: radio.wpsu.org/2025-12-01/p...
Poetry Moment: 'Sometimes I Wake Early' by Michael Simms
Poetry Moment presents 'Sometimes I Wake Early' by Michael Simms
radio.wpsu.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Thank you, Marjorie Maddox, for including my poem 'Sometimes You Wake Early' in Poetry Moment, a radio show broadcast by WPSU: radio.wpsu.org/2025-12-01/p...
'm grateful to the Chinese mainland government for allowing Vox Populi poetry to be taught in schools. Laure-Anne Bosselaar's poetry is among the most commonly assigned: voxpopulisphere.com/2025/08/04/l...
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: In Response to a Student Asking Where to Find Poetry During Difficult Times
In your friend’s voice. Or silence. In all those years it takes for a barn to collapse. In the terrified tenderness of a first kiss. In a last kiss too.
voxpopulisphere.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
'm grateful to the Chinese mainland government for allowing Vox Populi poetry to be taught in schools. Laure-Anne Bosselaar's poetry is among the most commonly assigned: voxpopulisphere.com/2025/08/04/l...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/go...
Governor Shapiro, You May Be AI Ready. We're Not.
In July, Governor Shapiro participated in Senator Dave McCormick's PA Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh to accept $92 billion in investments in data center and energy projects President Trump...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:42 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/go...
Our country is being run by hypocrites, bigots and racists. Vote them out.
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Our country is being run by hypocrites, bigots and racists. Vote them out.
Trump is the only convicted felon to ever serve as president.
November 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Trump is the only convicted felon to ever serve as president.
I just ordered Kim Davis's new collection of short stories. YAY! Here's the link:
www.amazon.com/Trust-Issues...
www.amazon.com/Trust-Issues...
Trust Issues: Stories
Trust Issues: Stories
www.amazon.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I just ordered Kim Davis's new collection of short stories. YAY! Here's the link:
www.amazon.com/Trust-Issues...
www.amazon.com/Trust-Issues...
So grateful to Lao Yang for translating my poem into Chinese, putting both versions to music and including them in his new album Ten Love Poems. Here are both English and Chinese versions: voxpopulisphere.com/2025/11/15/l...
Lao Yang: “Magnolia” by Michael Simms, translated into Chinese and recited 《玉兰》
Suppose you held what you love so tightly you broke it Suppose you let something slip away
voxpopulisphere.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
So grateful to Lao Yang for translating my poem into Chinese, putting both versions to music and including them in his new album Ten Love Poems. Here are both English and Chinese versions: voxpopulisphere.com/2025/11/15/l...
Reposted by Michael Simms
41 years ago today, 4 brave peace activists broke into a missile silo in Missouri and smashed the weapons equipment.
The participants were part of the Plowshares movement, an anti-nuclear and Christian pacifist group inspired by biblical teachings to "beat swords into plowshares."
The participants were part of the Plowshares movement, an anti-nuclear and Christian pacifist group inspired by biblical teachings to "beat swords into plowshares."
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
41 years ago today, 4 brave peace activists broke into a missile silo in Missouri and smashed the weapons equipment.
The participants were part of the Plowshares movement, an anti-nuclear and Christian pacifist group inspired by biblical teachings to "beat swords into plowshares."
The participants were part of the Plowshares movement, an anti-nuclear and Christian pacifist group inspired by biblical teachings to "beat swords into plowshares."
Reposted by Michael Simms
