Articles by Melissa Tuckey

Smaller than a Mouse

Smaller than a Mouse

April 26, 2012 | Why does the media treat a dead mouse as more important than an anti-war protest?

About angels IX

About angels IX

March 22, 2012 | It's man versus butterfly in this poem about the competing demands of nature and economy.

Where

Where

February 22, 2012 | A poem about Gaza asks whether there is a poem in Gaza that hasn't been written?

Moe Ma Kha Plant

Moe Ma Kha Plant

February 14, 2012 | The dissident, like the plant, does not kowtow to the sky.

War on Roaches

War on Roaches

October 12, 2011 | A poem about genocide read in front of the Burmese embassy on the Poetry Walk of Shame.

Vendetta, May 2006

Vendetta, May 2006

September 28, 2011 | Politicians wage war, rages the poet, but they don't pay the price.