p1Eulogy for the Cantina on Chapel St. that’s transformed into another bankBy Kinsale DrakeI feel god in this Taco Bell tonight: Cheese, beans, rice, the witching hour of missing someone. My ...ActivitiesEating & Drinking
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
p1A BlessingBy Samyak ShertokTwice a year Apa cooked his “monk’s half-moon” dish: pumpkin blossom lamb curry—first crackle the fenugreek...RelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesEating & Drinking
Knoxville, TennesseeBy Nikki GiovanniI always like summer best you can eat fresh corn from daddy's garden and okra and greens and cabbage...NatureSummerLivingYouthActivitiesEating & DrinkingSports and Outdoor ActivitiesTimeless Treasures
p1Butter, Olive Oil, FlourBy Lucia CherciuEven the grocery list is a love poem, a prayer— God, let me keep what I love. Peaches, cheap. Books,...ActivitiesEating & DrinkingJoy & ContentmentOptimism
Black Momma MathBy Kimberly JaeIf a jar of jelly is $2.98 & a loaf of Hawaiian bread is $4 Then how much bail money will I need when...Social CommentariesMoney & EconomicsRace & EthnicityLivingDeathParenthoodRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesEating & DrinkingStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryAngerGrief + 11 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
Piers Plowman: Passus 6By William Langland‘þis were a wikkede wey but whoso hadde a gyde þat [myȝte] folwen us ech foot’: þus þis folk hem mened...ReligionChristianityLivingLife ChoicesActivitiesEating & DrinkingJobs & Working
The GarlicBy Bert MeyersRabbi of condiments, whose breath is a verb, wearing a thin beard and a white robe; you who are pale...ReligionJudaismRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesEating & Drinking
After the MealBy Bert Meyers1 A suburb of coffee cups; napkins, those crumpled hills; silverware, freeways spotted with grease, ...LivingGrowing OldActivitiesEating & Drinking
Shades of Blue for a Blue BridgeBy Quincy Troupe1. three shades of blue evoke minnie's can do, soo chow's, yori wada 2. jimbo's bop city, john lee's...Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeRace & EthnicityActivitiesEating & DrinkingJoy & ContentmentOptimism
p1Donuts in Kid-JailBy Jill McDonoughHere is how often you see donuts in kid-jail: never. Zero times. Like seeing a cat or a dog, a cell ...Social CommentariesClassCrime & PunishmentActivitiesEating & DrinkingSchool & LearningArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsAnxiety & InsecurityDisappointmentGrief + 4 more
p1Fruit ÉtudesBy Marilyn Chinmelon Melon is hard on the outside Tender on the inside She has a magnificent personality So they bred...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityActivitiesEating & Drinking
TranslationBy Susanna BroughamMonths later, my father and I discovered his mother’s last word— deep in the downstairs freezer, one...LivingDeathActivitiesEating & Drinking
p1Der Daily YokeBy Ed Robersonfunny that little yoke sunny side up in the span of the lake every morning for breakfast bubbles up ...ActivitiesEating & DrinkingGratitude
p1On the Recommendation That American Adults Consume No More Than One-Quarter Cup of Rice, Twice a WeekBy Adrienne SuThe rice plant drinks up arsenic, so show good sense and change your diet. Studies reveal, where fields...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityActivitiesEating & DrinkingAnger
p1The ArtichokeBy James McMichaelThe Artichoke She bore only the heart, Worked at the stem with her Fingers, pulling it to her, And into her, like...ActivitiesEating & DrinkingGardening
What is Liberty?By Olivia MacielThe plump lemon, the spoon's metal cuts off the shadow, the bursting overflow of pleasure, the dark ...Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsActivitiesEating & DrinkingAngerDisappointmentMelancholy & Despair
p1From “Anagrams” [xxxi]By Luke Kennard +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++...ReligionChristianityThe SpiritualLivingLife ChoicesActivitiesEating & DrinkingTypes/ModesSeries/Sequence + 2 more
p1From “Anagrams” [xxii]By Luke Kennard Injured, sleep-deprived, sorely tested, Adah, Cain, and Father K are falsely imprisoned in a shallow...NatureWeatherSocial CommentariesCrime & PunishmentWar & ConflictActivitiesEating & DrinkingArts & SciencesTheater & DanceTypes/ModesSeries/Sequence + 4 more