Joseph Massey, the Unofficial Poet Laureate of Trump’s America

Joseph Massey, the Unofficial Poet Laureate of Trump’s America

Joseph Massey says he tries to avoid politics in his poetry. But politics has found him, whether he likes it or not.Massey, 46, has just released his fourth self-published poetry collection, America Is the Poem, and it is blowing up on Amazon: Earlier this month, it was in the top 50, peaking at No. 14—out of 32.8 million titles available. (Books of poetry usually underperform. As of right now, there are only two in the top 100, both by Dr. Seus…