A New Day Dawns By Nikky Finney Yes, the stars don't belong on that flag...actually that flag doesn't belong either. On the occasion of the Confederat…
Hold fast to dreamsfor if dreams dielife is a broken-winged birdthat can not fly.Hold fast to dreamsfor when dreams golife is a barren fieldfrozen wit…
When day comes we ask ourselves,where can we find light in this never-ending shade?The loss we carry,a sea we must wadeWe've braved the belly of the b…
Variation on a Theme by Elizabeth Bishop By John Murillo Start with loss. Lose everything. Then lose it all again.Lose a good woman on a bad day. Find…
Christmas 2020, I Imagine -Sherry waking up early to put the final crimp on the crust of her pie -Jim, as a child in Colorado, sledding in the snow wi…
From Katherine's Patreon when the day’s tender merciesleave you standing on the cornerof empty pocket and blue dusklet the quiet move your eyestowards…
“song at midnight” by Lucille Clifton. This poem has an epigraph at the beginning: “…do not send me out / among strangers” from Sonia Sanchez. brother…
Crossroads, by Louise Glück My body, now that we will not be traveling together much longer I begin to feel a new tenderness toward you, very raw and …
The part of lifedevoted to contemplationwas at odds with the partcommitted to action. * Fall was approaching.But I rememberit was always approachingon…
Who Said It Was Simple By Audre Lorde There are so many roots to the tree of anger that sometimes the branches shatter before they bear. Sitting in Ne…
