By Sarah Ruhl
Some say: to do the necessary task is greatness; I say: do the least necessary thing first. I don't ...
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- By Lynn EmanuelLove is boring and passé, all that old baggage, the bloody bric-a-brac, the bad, the gothic, retrograde...
- By Patricia SmithDear ferocious dreamer. Dear maven of song and surveyor of every flung star. Dear meandering romantic...
- By Kiki PetrosinoSo I lean back & Redford asks, “Water warm enough?” & I don’t answer because I’m holding my breath. ...
- By Haki R. MadhubutiFrequently during my mornings of pain & reflection when I can’t write or articulate my thoughts or locate...
- By Nikki GiovanniI watched Mommy Cook Though I cooked With Grandmother With Grandmother I learned To pluck chickens Peel...
- By Uma MenonMy first instinct is to translate the word. Make it easier to understand without saying the word itself...
- By Anuradha BhowmikBUDDY INFO: CANDYDANDY24 Personal Profile: *~iF yOu GoT mY nAmE iN yOuR mOuTh // ((dOn `T fOrGeT to...
- By Hyejung KookAgain this year I’ve failed the peonies that came to us when we bought our house in summer, not knowing...
- By Julia EdwardsBehind me, a man retrieves waterfalls of coins from a vending machine while laundry owners fold cloth...
- By Nikki GrimesI come home, feet about to bleed from angry stomping. “Boy!” says Mom. “Quit making all that racket....
- By Marilyn NelsonA doll was forgotten in a bedroom when the old owners of the house moved out and G-ma and Gramps moved...
- By T.J. ClarkThe sea in the wind in the half-light, clearing its throat of pebbles, Cloud shadows coming down the...
- By Marcus WickerSome of you future motherfuckers oughta be ashamed about the state of your ply count. Ol’ hologram square...
- By Nancy WillardNow, said the cook, I will teach you how to stuff a pepper with rice. Take your pepper green, and gently...
- By Mary SzybistAre you sure this blue is the same as the blue over there? This wall’s like the bottom of a pool, its...
- By Al ZolynasI look over my own shoulder down my arms to where they disappear under water into hands inside pink ...
- By Carmen BuganWe are fine, they say, for the time being. Enough food in the pantry, the prescriptions filled, No need...
- By Billy CollinsThe other day I was ricocheting slowly off the blue walls of this room, moving as if underwater from...
- By Dan VeraI will tell you why she rarely ventured from her house. It happened like this: One day she took the ...