Howard Debs

Howard Richard Debs, listed in the Poets & Writers Directory, is a recipient of the 2015 Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Award. His book Gallery received a 2017 Best Book and 2018 Book Excellence Award. His work Political is the 2021 American Writing Awards winner in poetry.

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Crapshoot

Don’t use conventional language in a poem they say, it’s cliché. So no smoke and…

Baseball, America, Yankees: A Photo Journal

We arrived at the Court Deli Restaurant early that morning for coffee and breakfast  and…

One Less Gun in Kenosha

I know Kenosha, it’s a friendly enough place, usually quiet any time of year except…

“Composing a Country”

Here is a country. It remembers Chernobyl, the Holodomor, Babyn Yar, dissidents, the light-up red…

Dystopian Justice

The accused stands in the witness box on  day 198 for the New Era  having…

Avant-garde

Yer’d think dat some great folks done come Like Linctom, Grant and Douglas wuz, Er…

2:46 a.m. Chicago

It starts with a bang a 21 year old a 13 year old 8 shots…