Lenses [poem] – Dan Chelotti
Humans haven’t been able to look at each other without lenses for a while now, but as each of us… read more
What if all along we’ve been wrong about tinfoil hats [poem] – David Clewell
so instead of rendering the wearer impervious to government-sanctioned mind manipulation or any other mental interference whatsoever—thereby allowing us to… read more
Surveillance [poem] — Nikki Giovanni
I am a camera I am the silent film It was recorded because I surveilled Read more: Giovanni, N. (2014)…. read more
Obedience [poem] – Ben Mirov
What is your [master] doing—I don’t know. I’m not privy—Is your [master] making war— I don’t know. I’m not… read more
Clearance [poem] – Angela Eun Ji (EJ) Koh
[The CIA spied on me for twelve months] They found I watched more porn than most women They found I… read more
The Future of Writing in English [poem] – Jennifer Kronovet
II In 2013, a Canadian company released the program ToneCheck that screens emails for potentially conflict-causing language. Post-meeting anger: alert…. read more
Cloud of Mexico Pork [poem] – Robert Pinsky
Too easy to laugh at the list of trigger words In the Analyst’s Security Binder as revealed By a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. …… read more
Poems on Surveillance – Boston Review
Last year was big for Big Brother, and 2014 is shaping up similarly. The queasy ethics of observation continue to… read more
Privacy Policy: The Anthology of Surveillance Poetics (2014)
Drones, phone taps, NSA leaks, internet tracking—the headlines confirm it—we are living in a state of constant surveillance, and the… read more
Poem Begun on a Train [poem] – Raphael Rubinstein
The belief that your every move is being watched used to be a sign of clinical paranoia, except for those… read more