Another war? With Iran, this time? I thought we had learn’d our lessons from Iraq, Afghanistan— from the charred & blistered battlefields of Damascus, Aleppo, Idlib, Homs, …
Erasure the Occupant #11 | Speaking Calmly to America, by Michael Edwards
Original text, the current White House Occupant’s six page letter
written to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after she declared his impeachment. We accept all Erasure the Occupant submissions. Visit our submission page for details.
Erasure the Occupant #9 | We keep them in a certain place, by Erin Russell
Original text, Donald Trump “God is the Ultimate.” We accept all Erasure the Occupant submissions. Visit our submission page for details.
Erasure the Occupant #8 | Washing 2019, by Jennifer Edwards
I keep going back to the burning words in yellow: our country, us, oaths, America.
We accept all Erasure the Occupant submissions. Visit our submission page for details.
NEW SECTION! FLASHBACK
FLASHBACK: Looking back at the Occupant’s First Year
through brave and inspiring #political #poetry of Lee Lottner. We welcome her “Perfidy Report” archives to Headline Poetry & Press.
Erasure the Occupant #7 | White Wash, by Kim Harvey
Erasure of pages 1-4 of Trump’s six page letter to Pelosi.
Erasure the Occupant #4| So Much More than Trump by Heather Quinn
Heather Quinn is a poet living in San Francisco who loves the act of layering memory, imagination, images, the political & spiritual into her work. She often thinks of writing as collage-making.
“Erasure the Occupant” #5 | For the Detained Children
This erasure poem was created from the
Letter from President Trump to House Speaker Pelosi. SUBMIT YOURS TODAY!
“Erasure the Occupant” #3
Regular Contributor Pax Morrigan’s Erasure the Occupant piece. Join in this community-based art therapy project, submission link in “submit” page.
“Erasure the Occupant” #2 |U by Heather Quinn
This erasure poem was created from the Letter from President Trump to House Speaker Pelosi … Heather Quinn is a poet living in San Francisco …













