"Reclamation Of A Land Once Stolen" & "Only A Name" by Akleyiaha R.
Reclamation Of A Land Once Stolen Her dress flows. Silk of mulberry heavied by tears. Yampee-eyed, cracked lips in the yolk of day. She...
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"FOXFIRE 7", "The Worst Things I've Done" & "Perspective/Waterfront" by Daniel Miller
FOXFIRE 7 Mama said I was born in the bathtub. Came right out the drain when she was getting ready to wash. The creek was low, that day,...
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"Puffed Up", "In Tandem" & "Meditation at North Beach Park, Burlington" by Anne Whitehouse
PUFFED UP From wax, Leonardo formed a doughy mass, and when it softened, he shaped it into delicate animals filled with air. He blew into...
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"Imprinted" & "Heartache" by Edward Anki
Imprinted It’s something about time the torturous divine this image of tiny lizards scurrying ancient stone walls with which I remained...
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"The sort of thing that wouldn’t happen in the office" by Leia Butler
Fuck, he's left the milk out, I can see it behind his head. And this meeting is due to last an hour, and I want to tell him, I cannot...
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"It's April and" by Katherine Schmidt
It’s April and there’s sticky apple blood on my chin, a rock in my pocket, and I’m simultaneously 48 and 12 years old: ready to explore...
May 28, 20232 min read
"An Interpretation of Why Caged Birds Sing", "Maybe I’ll Pitch Forever"... by Matthew Johnson
I know what the caged bird feels, alas! - Paul Laurence Dunbar, “Sympathy” An Interpretation of Why Caged Birds Sing - After Paul...
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"Dreadlock Man" & "Mimir" by Jordan Joe
Dreadlock Man Dreadlock man fi die alone As the slender figures with eyeless faces Pass without rhythm in their strides rightleftright...
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"BOHEMIAN" by Frank Njugi
There is something to be said about a black man who might make himself a bioethicist & clone his shame to be something preserved in...
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“Dollar store Conor Oberst with a Bandcamp account”….by Patricia Kusumaningtyas
Dollar store Conor Oberst with a Bandcamp account The Satanic Bible on your mantle and the Tao Te Ching on your nightstand – you dread,...
May 28, 20232 min read
"Spiritual Awakening", "Freedom", "Acceptance", & "Vulnerable" by Nyah Bernucho
Spiritual Awakening cousin rolled up in grandpa’s backyard waiting for the one to come home grandpa said “you can’t control a man, but...
May 28, 20232 min read
"Stone Dove", "Condensation as Bullet", & "Ode To Her PJs" by Joshua Merchant
Stone Dove the first time I read about the bird and the cage it sung herself out of I waited to hear something award winning – the...
May 28, 20231 min read
"Of Delinquent, Errant Joys" by Ronita Chattopadhyay
Delinquent. I like the way the word starts because it reminds me of delicious (ness). And then, suddenly, without warning it lapses into...
May 28, 20232 min read
"Bucket list(s)", "Can you hear me?" & "Moulding" by Shiksha Dheda
Bucket list(s) i. Things to do/achieve list 2019 Go horse-riding Learn how to play the guitar Learn a new language Buy a (very) nice...
May 28, 20232 min read
"In Blood, Sweat and a Glimpse of Hope" by I Echo
In Blood, Sweat and a Glimpse of Hope “we will walk through darkness till daybreak” — The President who never Was Angels, gather. Sing...
May 28, 20233 min read
"The Place I Call Home" & "Is The Blood Drained Enough This Time?" by Megha Sood
The Place I Call Home An Ode to jersey City, New Jersey ,my home for more than 15 years I'm from the most diverse city in the nation, a...
May 28, 20231 min read
"La Pacana" by Lori Ibarra
Taproots thrust and dive, trusting in their feeders' thirst no, tata never touched me like that (tiny girl, you still left me with him)...
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"How to Paint A Wound" by Adesiyan Oluwapelumi
Boys like me make art of our misery, our fingers fiddling on the canvas of worries. We box into silence, our body swallowing every pinch...
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"we them people" by Kevin Powell
dream on dreamer the way Alvin Ailey and Maya Angelou and George Floyd and Breonna Taylor dreamed of southern-baked pilgrims dancing and...
May 13, 20231 min read
"For Ukraine" by Kevin Powell
You can taste the starved love Rubbing the sleepy genocide eyes Of tiny children With history pinned inside Their orphaned clothes They...
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