25 days after I am bornBy Remica Bingham-Rishera man is killed in Mobile, Alabama. It is 1981, nearest what some will call the last lynching in America...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsLivingDeathRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsAnxiety & InsecurityGratitude + 2 more
AotearoaBy Thomas Henry SmithE Ihowā Atua,O ngā iwi mātou rā,Āta whakarangona;Me aroha noa.Kia hua ko te pai;Kia tau tō atawhai;Manaakitia...History & Politics
God Defend New ZealandBy Thomas BrackenGod of Nations at Thy feet,In the bonds of love we meet,Hear our voices, we entreat,God defend our free...History & Politics
The Part About Fate or CounterpointBy Sylvia ChanI want to begin this poem with two stories:1. In 1984, my mother was pulled over for speeding in a rural...Social CommentariesCrime & PunishmentGender & SexualityHistory & PoliticsLivingThe Body
p1In 1989, the US Government Began Using Video Games to Teach Soldiers Warfare. They Admit It Ten Years Later.By Letta Neelythis concrete here is where my brother’s last breath left his body began to circulate elsewhere; some...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & Politics
p1Mother Emanuel Nine: Their Influence Was WideBy Cheryl Clarke Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church Nine Senior pastor state senator Name meaning “merciful...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & Politics
The Book of Frank [“the sign read”]By CAConradthe sign read HARMACY after Frank shot the P outSocial CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingHealth & IllnessThe Body
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
The OphanyBy Cyrus Console Rotor wash, or the downward-flowing Air by which our helicopters formed Imprints in the jungle grass beneath ...Social CommentariesPopular CultureRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsReligionFaith & DoubtArts & SciencesSciencesMetersFree VerseTechniquesSymbolistTypes/ModesSeries/Sequence + 8 more
Nylon, Black, ’72By Ariana BrownI don’t know why most mexicans in my hood wore nike cortez’s– why the breakers in my crew polished ‘...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsLivingComing of AgeYouthRelationshipsFriends & Enemies
Silent SpreadBy S.J. Fowler & Rebecca KamenSIR, the 28 spheres of Kamen’s harmony Susceptible, inferred, immense, actual - the electron microscopy...NatureAnimalsSocial CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingHealth & IllnessArts & SciencesPainting & SculptureSciencesTypes/ModesEkphrasisAnxiety & InsecurityGrief + 6 more
Ode to FacemasksBy Xi ChuanIf I could, I would put on a facemask and walk into the desert to meet with fairies and angels. I put...Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingLife ChoicesArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsMetersFree VerseTypes/ModesOdeHumor + 4 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
38By Layli Long SoldierHere, the sentence will be respected. I will compose each sentence with care, by minding what the rules...Social CommentariesMoney & EconomicsRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsLivingSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMetersFree VerseTypes/ModesElegyAngerGrief + 8 more
p1From “Letters to Ukraine”By Yuri AndrukhovychBut Ukraine is a country of the baroque. Traveling through it is a pleasure for the eye. And that’s why the temptation...Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & Politics
p1From “Листи в Україну”By Yuri AndrukhovychУкраїна ж—це країна бароко. Мандрувати нею—для ока втіха. І тому западає спокуса в око: зруйнувати в...Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & Politics
Erysichthon’s SeedBy Shanta Lee Hunger like her mama Most strong in White gaze as in a Cowbird’s flirtation Sprouted in eyes to tongues to bellies...LoveDesire & PassionNatureTrees & FlowersSocial CommentariesClassCrime & PunishmentPopular CultureRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsLivingLife ChoicesSorrow & GrievingThe BodyTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsFriends & EnemiesMen & WomenArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionTypes/ModesEpic + 22 more
Border WisdomBy Ahmad Almallahthe world is not as bad as our neighbors made it to be that day— we’ve seen worse days— and how beautiful...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsLivingLife ChoicesActivitiesTravels & Journeys
Tall Lyric for Palestine (Or, The Harder Thinking)By Rickey Laurentiis Because I should’ve wrote this years ago, I’m crying. So what my slow failure pass the years Make me...Social CommentariesClassRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsLivingDeathTechniquesEpigraphTypes/ModesProse Poem + 4 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