Poems of the Week

Change of Tune

by Alex Steelsmith

Sting “is ‘appalled’ at the Ukraine invasion and will not play any shows
for anyone connected to the Putin regime.”

The World News

Willfully-nillfully
Russia’s kleptocracy,
boycotted even by
people who sing,

now has to add to the
oligarch-punishing
sting of the sanctions the
sanctions of Sting.