Crip vs. CripBy Walela NehandaCrip (noun): slang for a disabled person/the whole of the disabled community/ a school of thought Example...LoveDesire & PassionSocial CommentariesCities & Urban LifeRace & EthnicityLivingHealth & IllnessSorrow & GrievingThe BodyRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionConfessionalMetaphorRefrainGrief + 14 more
Stetson in RetrogradeBy Adam O. Davis1. If a house is haunted like a radio is haunted If a body is a radio of blood If a body of ghosts hums...Social CommentariesMoney & EconomicsLivingDeathLife ChoicesThe BodyThe MindMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalTechniquesRefrainAnxiety & InsecurityFor All Ages + 6 more
America, I AmBy James CagneyI come from the kidnapped, the assaulted— my country’tis of reparations as in-store credit backordered...Social CommentariesClassCrime & PunishmentRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsLivingSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMetersFree VerseTechniquesAnaphoraRefrainAngerDisappointmentGrief + 10 more
Romance sonámbuloBy Federico García LorcaVerde que te quiero verde. Verde viento. Verdes ramas. El barco sobre la mar y el caballo en la monta...LoveDesire & PassionInfatuation & CrushesNatureStars, Planets, HeavensTrees & FlowersLivingLife ChoicesRelationshipsMen & WomenMetersFree VerseTechniquesEpigraphImageryRefrain + 9 more
So here I standBy Inger Christensenso here I stand by the out there is the and it looks like the is always alone with the but around behind...NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsTechniquesRefrain
Dreamwalking BalladBy Federico García LorcaGreen I want you green green wind green branches Boat on the sea and horse on the mountain Shadow on...LoveDesire & PassionInfatuation & CrushesNatureStars, Planets, HeavensTrees & FlowersLivingDeathLife ChoicesRelationshipsMen & WomenMetersFree VerseTechniquesEpigraphImageryRefrainFor All Ages + 11 more
Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez MejíasBy Federico García Lorca1. La cogida y la muerte A las cinco de la tarde. Eran las cinco en punto de la tarde. Un niño trajo...LoveHeartache & LossNatureAnimalsSocial CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesVerse FormsBalladStanza FormsMixedQuatrainTechniquesRefrainTypes/ModesElegyGrief + 14 more
Lament for Ignacio Sánchez MejíasBy Federico García Lorca1 The Goring and the Death At five in the afternoon At the stroke of five The boy brought the white ...LoveHeartache & LossNatureAnimalsSocial CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesStanza FormsMixedQuatrainMetersFree VerseTechniquesRefrainTypes/ModesElegyGrief + 14 more
p1Bay LeavesBy Nikki GiovanniI watched Mommy Cook Though I cooked With Grandmother With Grandmother I learned To pluck chickens Peel...LivingComing of AgeThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsHome LifeActivitiesEating & DrinkingIndoor ActivitiesStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryRefrain + 10 more
p1[Immigration Headline]By Javier Zamora[byline] northern triangle—First, I lived near mud, there, I carved some things. Then, I found a well...Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsActivitiesTravels & JourneysArts & SciencesTechniquesRefrainAnxiety & InsecurityOptimism + 2 more
p1A Celtic MiscellanyBy Thomas McCarthyMagic rain magic mist magic dew magic hail Magic darkness magic sea magic waves magic River magic fountain...LoveDesire & PassionSt. Patrick's DayTechniquesRefrain
His and HersBy Diane Gilliam FisherShe cannot imagine it otherwise. She wakes in the morning and twists her ring, loves how every night...LoveHeartache & LossRealistic & ComplicatedRelationshipsMen & WomenVerse FormsVillanelleStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesRefrainBlameDisappointment + 6 more
TruthBy Geoffrey ChaucerFle fro the pres, and dwelle with sothefastnesse, Suffise thin owen thing, thei it be smal; For hord...LoveNatureSocial CommentariesMoney & EconomicsReligionChristianityFaith & DoubtGod & the DivineLivingMarriage & CompanionshipThe BodyTime & BrevityRelationshipsMen & WomenActivitiesJobs & WorkingArts & SciencesPhilosophyStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesRefrain + 15 more
Still I RiseBy Maya AngelouYou may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsThe BodyRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsKwanzaaStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphorRefrainPassion + 10 more
Meeting PointBy Louis MacNeiceTime was away and somewhere else, There were two glasses and two chairs And two people with the one ...LivingLife ChoicesThe MindTime & BrevityStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesRefrain
p1Fish CarcassBy Vi Khi Naofish carcass say hello to pork rind + arborio rice while castaway caraway puree returns home to deconstruct...NatureAnimalsLivingDeathActivitiesEating & DrinkingMetersFree VerseTechniquesRefrainHumor + 4 more
p1Tarragon, Are You a Wild Boar?By Vi Khi NaoTarrargon, are you a wild boar? My friend, lemon zest, has not been that Thyme, Cognac, falooda glass noodle These...NatureAnimalsSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityThe MindDoubt & ContemplationActivitiesEating & DrinkingMetersFree VerseTechniquesRefrainHumor + 6 more
Is it PossibleBy Sir Thomas WyattIs it possible That so high debate, So sharp, so sore, and of such rate, Should end so soon and was ...LivingStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesRefrain
ExpatBy Andrew ShieldsThe barstool's capacious, then ever more enclosed, with every beer, as evening erodes. A few capricious...Social CommentariesTown & Country LifeActivitiesEating & DrinkingStanza FormsCoupletRhymed StanzaTechniquesRefrainBlameDisappointment + 4 more
p1Fear of Flying (in Broken Gilbertese)By Teresia TeaiwaI maaku You told me ba ko tangirai I maaku I maaku My arms were awkward so ko taua baiu I maaku I maaku...NatureAnimalsLivingThe BodyArts & SciencesTheater & DanceMetersFree VerseTechniquesRefrain + 3 more