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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Contributor
- Jul 17, 2021
- 1 min
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...
Contributor
- Jul 9, 2021
- 1 min
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...
Oyetayo Eniola
- Jun 11, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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...
Contributor
- May 23, 2021
- 1 min
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....
Contributor
- May 21, 2021
- 2 min
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...
Contributor
- May 14, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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...
Contributor
- Apr 30, 2021
- 2 min
Towels, a Short Story by Carrie Lynn Hawthorne
No matter how loud or quiet things got, in our house and in our heads, we could always count on one thing. The towels on the rack were...
C.J. Williams
- Apr 24, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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...
Reed Venrick
- Mar 26, 2021
- 3 min
Teaching History in Grade Schools, a Poem by Reed Venrick
History Class Begins Again From the playground where they play, call the children back to class and school, teach the lessons they're...
VaL Smit
- Mar 12, 2021
- 1 min
Waiting for Spring, a Poem by Val Smit
When the frosts of winter had ceased Its snows melted Its cutting winds ameliorated; The pain will subside Our blood in our veins no...
Ellen Huang
- Mar 5, 2021
- 2 min
I Never Wanted Potiphar's Wife, a Poem by Ellen Huang
Years from now, sermons and wisdoms will tell of my bravery in the face of wily woman, nameless woman, thirsty for exotic drink from this...
Ed Meek
- Feb 26, 2021
- 1 min
Asylum, a Poem by Ed Meek
It’s as easy as cutting a cord,
to separate the mothers and children—
the ones seeking asylum
from gangs and violence,
so desperate to flee
Ellen Huang
- Feb 12, 2021
- 2 min
Manslaughter Privilege, a Poem by Ellen Huang
How quick we are to pity murderers. Not because we see ourselves in them, I don't think but because of course a white woman's perceived...
Angela Costi
- Feb 5, 2021
- 2 min
The Summit of Choice, a Poem by Angela Costi
She is sitting on the edge of a mountain in the Annapurna,
her face, away from the camera,
her gaze focused on the Lamjung peak,
Stephen House
- Jan 29, 2021
- 2 min
Prisoners, a Poem by Stephen House
my boss is from my country of origin has been in australia for many years he owns two restaurants employs newly arrived i’m just in this...
John Grey
- Jan 15, 2021
- 1 min
A South Texas Enclave, a Poem by John Grey
There’s a wall off in the distance that keeps immigrants out, as well as mountains and the river. And, on all sides off their house,...
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