Mrs. Butterworth, Uncle Ben & Aunt JemimaBy Frank X. Walker...walk into a bar in America. Butterworth says, I’m being repackaged. Ben says, I’m being rebranded…Social CommentariesPopular CultureRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesEating & DrinkingStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImageryMetaphor + 9 more
Enter the DragonBy John MurilloFor me, the movie starts with a black man Leaping into an orbit of badges, tiny moons Catching the …Social CommentariesPopular CultureRace & EthnicityLivingYouthThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmStanza FormsCoupletMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionConfessionalSimileAnxiety & Insecurity + 13 more
IntimacyBy Paisley RekdalHow horrible it is, how horrible that Cronenberg film where Goldblum’s trapped with a fly inside his…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedReligionFaith & DoubtLivingDeathThe BodyTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmStanza FormsCoupletMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImagery + 10 more
Bilingual ChristmasBy Pat MoraBuenos dias and hasta lue$o in boardrooms and strategy sessions, Where are your grateful holiday smiles…Social CommentariesPopular CultureRace & EthnicityRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesActivitiesJobs & WorkingArts & SciencesMusicTechniquesAllusion + 4 more
Muybridge’s Horse in MotionBy Holly Mitchell1. After the beginning of the gallop, there are counts when the horse is in the air, her legs withdrawn…NatureAnimalsActivitiesSports & Outdoor ActivitiesArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImageryTypes/ModesSeries/Sequence + 6 more
Crip vs. CripBy Walela NehandaCrip (noun): slang for a disabled person/the whole of the disabled community/ a school of thought Example… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionSocial CommentariesCities & Urban LifeRace & EthnicityLivingHealth & IllnessSorrow & GrievingThe BodyRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionConfessionalMetaphorRefrainGrief + 14 more
poetry-magazineA Bell Is a Bearer of TimeBy Alison C. RollinsI am a product of my time. Time is a body that resembles a sound without a scale. Forever foreclosed…Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityThe BodyArts & SciencesReading & BooksMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImageryMetaphorTypes/ModesConcrete or Pattern Poetry + 7 more
Who Makes Love to Us After We DieBy Diana Marie Delgado I turn on the radio and hear voices, girls becoming women after tragedy. Talk about dreams! His heart…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingComing of AgeDeathRelationshipsMen & WomenArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImageryTypes/ModesProse Poem + 11 more
Erysichthon’s SeedBy Shanta Lee Hunger like her mama Most strong in White gaze as in a Cowbird’s flirtation Sprouted in eyes to tongues… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionNatureTrees & FlowersSocial CommentariesClassCrime & PunishmentPopular CultureRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsLivingLife ChoicesSorrow & GrievingThe BodyTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsFriends & EnemiesMen & WomenArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionTypes/ModesEpic + 22 more
ErysichthonBy OvidSome are transformed just once And live their whole lives after in that shape. Others have a facility… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionNatureTrees & FlowersSocial CommentariesCrime & PunishmentGender & SexualityLivingDeathLife ChoicesSorrow & GrievingThe BodyRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesMen & WomenMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyTechniquesAllusionMetaphorTypes/ModesEpic + 15 more
Frankenstein LoveBy Matthew ZapruderI think there was a movie once where Frankenstein fell in love with a vampire. A small mummy at first…LoveRomantic LoveLivingTime & BrevityRelationshipsMen & WomenArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImageryMetaphor + 9 more
I WANT SKYBy BazeedIn the hiding hour of autophagy ghosts hang out all day and talk to us. An archival haunting demanding…Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsReligionFaith & DoubtIslamLivingDeathRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesVerse FormsTechniquesAllusion + 7 more
And So Long, I’ve Had You FameBy Lucie Brock-BroidoHow odd that she would die into an Augustnight, I would have thoughtshe would have gone out in a pale…Social CommentariesPopular CultureLivingDeathYouthThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsTechniquesAllusionTypes/ModesElegyGrief + 7 more
Autumn Testament #12By James K. BaxterThe wish to climb a ladder to the loft Of God dies hard in us. The angels Jacob saw Were not himself…LoveDesire & PassionReligionFaith & DoubtGod & the DivineThe SpiritualLivingThe BodyThe MindTime & BrevityVerse FormsSonnetStanza FormsCoupletTechniquesAllusionImageryMetaphorTypes/ModesSeries/SequenceDisappointmentGrief + 15 more
Tiresias as Cuir (on the run)By Trish Salahi. Dog. The time you take home, the time you take away from home. The insistence, the instance worried…NatureAnimalsSeas, Rivers, & StreamsSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityRelationshipsLGBTQ+Arts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyStanza FormsCoupletMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImageryMetaphor + 12 more
poetry-magazineBreed MeBy Richie HofmannMy sweat soaked the sheets. You used to be like everyone else but then the way you hurt me (fingers… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionLivingLife ChoicesThe BodyRelationshipsLGBTQ+Arts & SciencesPainting & SculptureMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImageryMetaphorPassion + 9 more
True FreshBy Genevieve ArlieThe geometer wishes he were David cut from stone by lightning, his mind gyring wide into figures of… Related Audio ReligionGod & the DivineLivingLife ChoicesThe BodyThe MindTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPainting & SculptureStanza FormsCoupletMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImageryMetaphorSimile + 11 more
poetry-magazineWorthy the Lamb Slain for UsBy Patti SmithOn the edge of a pasture in a confusion of stones, obscured by the long grass and floramour, the footprint…NatureAnimalsSocial CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingDeathMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImageryMetaphorGrief + 6 more
poetry-magazineA-r-a-c-h-n-eBy Raymond Luczakmemory first what f-a-b-r-i-c weave thread thin thick many weave-shimmer magic me-jaw-drop how-how-…The BodyActivitiesJobs & WorkingMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyTechniquesAllusion
[A dreadful darkness closes in]By Anne BrontëA dreadful darkness closes in On my bewildered mind; O let me suffer and not sin, Be tortured yet resigned…ReligionChristianityFaith & DoubtGod & the DivineStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesAllusion