All posts tagged "Poetry"
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3 poems by Torrin A. Greathouse
Definitions after Keaton St. Micheal BOY /boi/ noun dirt stained palms & tar black feet. the soft prayer-mat of bloody knees...
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4 poems by Rajiv Mohabir
The River-son’s Betrayal Ganga, the river goddess, drowned her seven sons as infants. When the Vasus were still unborn she vowed...
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4 Poems by Joseph Han
Why I Take My Grandmother to Church Every Sunday She replaced her husband’s limbs with wood: broken from doors in past rooms, branches...
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2 poems by Ashwini Bhasi
Dowry We gave 125 pavans of gold to weigh you down—a kilo of yellow that gleamed like a tiger’s eye or like...
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3 poems by Vandana Khanna
The Blessed Back when we belonged only to ourselves but didn’t know it, when dust coiled around our ankles with every step...
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4 poems by Joy Ladin
Making Love From Impersonation, Sheep Meadow Press, 2015 I reach for God and brush your breast, reach for you and brush God ...
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cadencia (a poem for Orlando)
By Martina “Mick” Powell for KJ Morris and all the beautiful people we lost in Orlando, FL on June 12, 2016 & that...
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3 poems by Elizabeth J. Colen
*** Elizabeth J. Colen’s most recent books include the long poem / lyric essay hybrid The Green Condition(Ricochet Editions, 2014)...
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2 poems by Casandra Lopez
4th of July: San Bernardino 2015 South of the freeway fireworks spit out the whole of July. Booms blare louder than backfires, thundering...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Two Poems: “I Refuse” and “The Wage”
By Lytasha Marie Blackwell The following piece was written while I was a junior in high school. This piece reflects my concerns, views, passion,...
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“On Names” by Alan Pelaez Lopez
On Names and to think that once, I thought you were lucky to trace trace the maps of your name to sailors and warriors...
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“Strong Female Character” by Kirstyn McDermott
STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER You say strong, you mean: kick-ass leather-clad midriff bared like body amour whippet-thin manga-eyed little girl-woman seeming fragile, vulnerable, weak when...
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3 poems by DENISE BENAVIDES
T H R O W T H E W O M E N B A C K I N T O T H E O...
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“Her Landscape” by E.F. Schraeder
Her Landscape He undoes the snug pony tail then gathers my hair and brushes it Each gentle motion delivers a slow tug...
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4 poems by Rebecca Seiferle
xxiii. if you sit by me I won’t be able to hear the words for listening to your body. . . ....
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, What I Have Learned from the Women Who Have “Lost”
By Taylor Bak I will write these poems until I prove you wrong, I will write these poems even if they’re a “waste...
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2 pieces by Phoebe Glick
It Saved My Life, It Made Me Tired If you call my hotline, I will simply say I’m not here. I’m sleeping under the...
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Ode to June Jordan’s ‘A Poem about My Rights’
Inspired by the work of June Jordan we have both offered artistic, sonic, and poetic meditations on June Jordan’s, A Poem about My Rights.
