Articles by Carl Wade Thompson

Poem

• Silence (October 10, 2016) cover story poem unrhymed

  Carl Wade Thompson is a poet, memoirist, and the graduate writing tutor at Texas Wesleyan University.

• The Broken Ghost (October 17, 2016) serial poem unrhymed

  "...no thought is left to him...just a vengeful ghost..."

• Encounters (October 24, 2016) serial poem unrhymed

  "...their souls stretch -- famished, rice paper thin in the wind..."

• Spiritual Drift (October 31, 2016) serial poem unrhymed

  "...only the Dharma Wheel remains..."

• A Forgotten Nightmare (November 7, 2016) serial poem unrhymed

  "...A ghost's cry rings hollow..."

• Teddy Bear (November 14, 2016) serial poem unrhymed

  "...Each dawn, I let him go..."

• Reflections from the Newsreel: The After (November 14, 2016) column poem news

  We begin a new column in the Piker Press, observing the world and what's happening in it through a poet's eyes.

• The Forgotten Name (November 21, 2016) serial poem unrhymed

  "...How many years have passed..."

• Reflections from the Newsreel 02: Alt (November 21, 2016) column poem news

  "...poisoned speech drips in our ears..."

• Reflections from the Newsreel 03: Everyday Ordinary (November 28, 2016) column poem news

  What happens when you forget to react?

• Reflections from the Newsreel 04: The Faces of Fidel (December 5, 2016) column poem news

  "...an icon of the times..."

• The Numbers Game (December 12, 2016) poem unrhymed

  "...do they not count as well..."

• Reflections from the Newsreel 05: The Final Tour (December 12, 2016) column poem news

  "...against a common foe -- one last time..."

• Reflections from the Newsreel 06: Voices from Aleppo (December 19, 2016) column poem news

  "...there is no food, no help or aid to come..."

• Absence (December 26, 2016) poem unrhymed

  "...Exceptionalism when it comes to death..."

• Reflections from the Newsreel 07: Flint in Perspective (December 26, 2016) column poem news

  On the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, USA...

• Reflections from the Newsreel 08: A Reflection on Myanmar (January 2, 2017) column poem news

  "...the Rohingya flee -- no place to go..."

• Reflections from the Newsreel 09: The Cure (January 9, 2017) column poem news

  Considering news reports of the killing of drug addicts in the Philippines...

• Reflections from the Newsreel 10: Changing Faces (January 16, 2017) column poem news

  "...What put them in this place?.."

• Passing Midland-Odessa on I-20 (February 18, 2019) poem unrhymed

  "...an angel that has strayed far from God's grace...

• The Fenceline (January 27, 2025) poem unrhymed

  "It is the winters I still remember..."

• Desperation (February 24, 2025) poem unrhymed

  "...a man so broken within himself..."

• The Dry Season (March 24, 2025) poem unrhymed

  "...my mind is lost in the miles..."

Essay

• The Night Watch (November 28, 2016) cover story essay memoir

  Carl Wade Thompson is a poet, memoirist, and the graduate writing tutor at Texas Wesleyan University.

Opinion

• Reflections from the Newsreel 11: Inauguration (January 23, 2017) column poem news

  "...the way it's always been."

• Reflections from the Newsreel 12: Alternative Facts (January 30, 2017) column poem news

  "...Double-speak is the way; Orwell's prophecy comes true..."

• Reflections from the Newsreel 13: A Respite in Hell (February 6, 2017) column poem news

  Another look at the results of drug use in the Philippines...

• Reflections from the Newsreel 14: The Deafening Silence (February 13, 2017) column poem news

  Ongoing genocide of the ethnic Muslim minority, the Rohingya...

• Reflections from the Newsreel 15: The Real (February 20, 2017) column poem news

  Who have we become?

• Reflections from the Newsreel 16: A Sin Against Humanity (February 27, 2017) column poem news

  Regarding the hate crime in St. Louis: the desecration of a Jewish cemetery.

• Reflections from the Newsreel 17: White Terror (March 6, 2017) column poem news

  Fear doesn't always have its origin in foreign lands...

• Reflections from the Newsreel 18: Chicken for Dinner (March 13, 2017) column poem news

  The impeachment of the corrupt South Korean--South Koreans celebrated by having chicken for dinner, a play on the word chicken, which rhymes with the president's name in Korean.

• Reflections from the Newsreel 19: Repeal (March 27, 2017) column poem news

  "...The time has to come to hurt the voiceless..."

• Reflections from the Newsreel 20: Failed Potential (April 10, 2017) column poem news

  Aung San Suu Kyi brought about hope and peace to the people for the people, but those hopes have been dashed for her lack of sympathy towards the Rohingya, who are suffering from government-sanctioned genocide.

• Reflections from the Newsreel 21: The Last Gasp (April 17, 2017) column poem news

  The horror of chemical weapons in Syria...

• Reflections from the Newsreel 22: Tragedy in Kabul (June 5, 2017) essay current events

  Looking at the recent terrorist attack in Kabul, Afghanistan...