This podcast about J. P. Linstroth’s poetry explores two of his recent poems. One poem, “Little Blue Rabbit” published in Dissident Voice (March 1st, 2026), and the second, “Emperatori Pars Ve Gharb (The Persian Empire and The West)” in The New Verse News (March 6th, 2026). Both poems examine different aspects of American society, the former concerning our failed immigration policies and the vulnerabilities of the innocent by focusing on a young Hispanic boy taken into custody by ICE (Immigration Customs and Enforcement) and the latter poem dedicated to our armed forces in the Unted States, making historical comparisons to the Greco-Persian Wars (499-449 BC) and the modern war with Iran. In essence, the latter poem, “Emperatori”, is a warning in ...