By Malcolm Tariq
You may find her behind
Rowan Oak, a shadow
of fortress where then now
you find no real entry…
Rowan Oak, a shadow
of fortress where then now
you find no real entry…
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- By Anastasia Taylor-Lindv.
Isn’t it dangerous to be a woman? Surrounded by men, questions
about risk-taking, parenting (I’m childless… - By Harryette MullenMy Mickey Mouse ears are nothing like sonar. Colorado is far less rusty than Walt's lyric riddles. If…
- By Cornelius EadyI’m here
to tell you
an old story.
This
Appears to be
my work.
I live
in the world,
Walk
the streets… - By Erin BelieuThe rich report greater levels of happiness,
& the study goes on to demonstrate
how we humans use money… - By Leia K. BradleyMarita, don’t tell me to pick one.
I am either barefoot or wearing six-inch Pleasers—
my gender is dirty… - By James CagneyI come from the kidnapped,
the assaulted—
my country’tis of reparations as in-store credit
backordered… - By John TickhillIn springtime, chief of all seasons,
in May when new joys rise and flourish,
the sun is lord and messenger… - By Salima RiveraOh give me a home
with a big landscaped lawn
four cars, a boat and a kitty.
For my heart yearns to be… - By Tomás Q. MorínIn this life, there are stars
and there are stunt doubles.
Before I became one of those fathers
obsessed… - By Maurya SimonDelirium in the downtown mall today:
Burt Reynolds! All the henna-haired girls
sneer, while their mothers… - By Shanta LeeHunger like her mama
Most strong in White gaze as in
a Cowbird’s flirtation
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- By Rickey LaurentiisBecause I should’ve wrote this years ago, I’m crying. So what my slow failure pass the years
Make me… - By Cedric Tillmanyou know I ain’t mess w/you ’cause of yo’ friends
wouldn’t have you caught slummin’
know you hood 'cause… - By Shanta LeeMama birthed me, Papa sold me in the land of weeping willows
Traces of sin trail miles across skin, … - By Helene AchanzarNine women at brunch all order eggs
benedict. I laugh at how boring my fury.
This ambition to feel … - By CAConradmelting glaciers
frighten me when
appearing on
my street as… - By CAConradGrowing up in a rural factory town I watched my creative family extend the grind oft monotonous jobs…
- By Gwendolyn BrooksJohn Cabot, out of Wilma, once a Wycliffe,
all whitebluerose below his golden hair,
wrapped richly in… - By Rachel LongI feel middle class when I'm in love.
I think it's all the poached eggs on bird-seed bread,
staying …