On The Train, a Poem by Ed Meek
Written by Ed Meek. Rubber straps shaped like nooses hang from steel rods in subway trains. Lucky for us, they’re too small for human...
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Jan 14, 20221 min read
When It Happens, a Poem by Lisa Reynolds
when it happens i no longer fight it i let it do what it needs to the cleverness i possessed is gone replaced by a what will be, will be...
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Nov 26, 20211 min read
Dear Stranger XIV, a Poem by Andrew Scott
Dear Stranger, how are you? Curious if you are witnessing what the rest of us are cause as an authority figure you, my friend, are just...
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Oct 1, 20212 min read
The Sickness, a Poem by Paula Pivko
Third Place Winner of the "Vultures & Doves: Social Issues of Our Time" Poetry Competition. I was up the first school day. And my son...
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Oct 1, 20212 min read
No Hymn Flowering in the Morning, a Poem by Praise Osawaru
First Place Winner of the "Vultures & Doves: Social Issues of Our Time" Poetry Competition. for a while now, each time I fall into the...
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Sep 24, 20211 min read
Moon in the Time of Coronavirus, a Poem by Michael Shen
moon veiled by tissue clouds glides through, flirtatious filly, back slapper, money man, and filters light fickle on our rock, where...
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Aug 31, 20211 min read
A Typical Saturday, a Poem by Chella Courington
In Memory of Edwin, Joseph, Kameron, Leilah, Mary, Raul, and Rodolfo. Sun scorches the West Texas desert. Air conditioners hum on high....
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Aug 6, 20211 min read
Wonder, a Poem by Oyetayo Eniola
Running around sometime around midday Attending mother’s chores I remember her whom I never knew Her who is not The sister my sister...
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Jul 30, 20212 min read
Of No Nation, a Poem by A'Ja Lyons
I’ll never know their names But I bear the signs of their pride The sacrifices The stains Which bore many gifts That led to my gains The...
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Jul 17, 20211 min read
Good Trouble, a Poem by Chella Courington
. Good Trouble I was fifteen in a small Alabama town when I first heard your name John Lewis, then Edmund Pettus Bridge. Their clubs...
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Jul 9, 20211 min read
Facing Up, a Poem by Lynn White
You’re looking past her avoiding her eyes, the eyes of the woman in the front line of the protest the one who reminds you of your mother...
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Jun 11, 20212 min read
Frequency a Poem by Oyetayo Eniola
Written by Oyetayo Eniola. What is this I feel? My frequency is one that picks a lot but is rarely picked by others Have I dived too deep...
John Grey
Jun 4, 20211 min read
Terror Tales, a Poem by John Grey
Terror can't come to the phone right now. A bomb ate its homework. It's sorry it missed you but it had a hard time getting the sand and...
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May 23, 20211 min read
Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzalez is Returned to Mother Earth, a Poem by Chella Courington
At the border, children cry in cages. Drenched in dark dreams, I wake. My mother reaches from the grave. Nails catch the hem of my dress....
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May 21, 20212 min read
Seed Shells, a Poem by Lynn White
The first seeds were sown a long time ago. When these small seed shells burst open they were scattered locally. They grew patchily at...
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May 14, 20211 min read
Dark Figure IV, a Poem by Andrew Scott
Dark winds bring what is known as the nasty hands of twisted fate. These strings are pulled and pushed by a figure no one lays eyes on....
Milton P. Ehrlich
May 7, 20211 min read
My Quadratic Equations, a Poem by Milton P. Ehrlich
Are a vast algebra of joy. They make splendid curves like eye-popping parabolas and give off a paradisal heat. They have tropical...
C.J. Williams
Apr 24, 20211 min read
Non-Essentials, a Poem by C.J. Williams
all, in masks, and the boy, in thunderbird-pokemon pants asks mom, how come? the question lasts and the sign on the storefront, splashed...
Oyetayo Eniola
Apr 9, 20211 min read
Dark, a Poem by Eniola Oyetayo
Dark skin, melanin Clearheaded and educated And now obviously frustrated From all the history books rewritten I know you expect us to...
Jeff William Acosta
Apr 2, 20211 min read
Paper Cranes, a Poem by Jeff William Acosta
None knows how I like to sleep at night even our mom who would say to you: ‘Your kuya sleeps like a baby, all curled up from his head to...
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