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
BlackbottomBy Toi DerricotteWhen relatives came from out of town,we would drive down to Blackbottom,drive slowly down the congested...Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeRace & EthnicityThe MindDoubt & ContemplationAnxiety & Insecurity
Sleeping BeautyBy K. IverYou’ve never seen a lilac in Mississippi. Backstage you wear lotion laced with its chemical imitation...LoveFirst LoveLivingComing of AgeYouthRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsArts & SciencesTheater & DanceAnxiety & InsecurityDisappointmentGriefMelancholy & Despair + 6 more
The Bug WranglerHe was jailed for cruelty to insects, and his agent wasn’t answering the phone, so he stayed awake in...NatureAnimalsSocial CommentariesCrime & PunishmentLivingLife ChoicesActivitiesJobs & WorkingArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmTechniquesImageryMetaphorPersonaTypes/ModesProse PoemAnxiety & InsecurityBlame + 11 more
Enter the DragonBy John MurilloFor me, the movie starts with a black man Leaping into an orbit of badges, tiny moons Catching the sheen...Social CommentariesPopular CultureRace & EthnicityLivingYouthThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmStanza FormsCoupletMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionConfessionalSimileAnxiety & Insecurity + 13 more
GródekBy Georg TraklAt evening autumn forests drone With deadly weapons, the golden plains And the blue lakes, above which...Social CommentariesWar & ConflictAnxiety & InsecurityBlame
Song of the DepartedBy Georg TraklFull of harmonies is the flight of birds. The green woods Have closed about the stiller huts at evening...The MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsAnxiety & InsecurityGrief
XLIX. ("its a secrete")By Jos Charles its a secrete the grls speeching mye hole / inn 2 the lindens / wee go out & playe footballe / verie...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingComing of AgeYouthRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesActivitiesVerse FormsSonnetMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphorTypes/ModesSeries/SequenceAnxiety & InsecurityDisappointment + 12 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
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
Montana PastoralBy J. V. CunninghamI am no shepherd of a child’s surmises. I have seen fear where the coiled serpent rises, Thirst where...NatureStanza FormsCoupletTypes/ModesPastoralAnxiety & InsecurityMelancholy & Despair
p1The Sky Keeps SurprisesBy Ahmad Almallahthe wound is bleeding into white the wound is threading clouds across the eye, across its view and how...NatureLandscapes & PastoralsThe MindDoubt & ContemplationStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryAnxiety & InsecurityMelancholy & Despair + 5 more
Final Section from "Eleven Eyes"By Lyn HejinianThe spoons have clattered Aren’t children little pears and observant birds I note that the green blanket...LivingThe MindDoubt & ContemplationTime & BrevityArts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsAnxiety & Insecurity
p1ChainsawBy Marie HoweThere’s always a chainsaw somewhere, the high whine of a drill, somebody building something or tearing...Social CommentariesWar & ConflictLivingDeathLife ChoicesStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphorAnxiety & Insecurity + 6 more
GerontionBy T. S. EliotHere I am, an old man in a dry month, Being read to by a boy, waiting for rain. I was neither at the...Social CommentariesWar & ConflictLivingGrowing OldTime & BrevityMetersFree VerseAnxiety & InsecurityDisappointmentGrief + 3 more
Always in the HeadBy Patricia Smith"I seen it lots of times, I seen it, just from being on the street when something new was going down...Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeCrime & PunishmentWar & ConflictLivingDeathLife ChoicesParenthoodSorrow & GrievingYouthThe BodyThe MindDoubt & ContemplationRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsAnxiety & InsecurityGrief + 10 more
UndertakerBy Patricia SmithWhen a bullet enters the brain, the head explodes. I can think of no softer warning for the mothers ...Social CommentariesCrime & PunishmentWar & ConflictLivingDeathParenthoodSorrow & GrievingYouthThe BodyRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesJobs & WorkingAnxiety & InsecurityDisappointmentGrief + 9 more
NightmareBy Frank ChipasulaDarkness chained me to my tattered reed mat; The head of tyranny sprinkled The soot of ignorance in ...Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsLivingThe MindAnxiety & InsecurityBlameDisappointmentGriefOptimism + 3 more
p1Diaspora NovaBy Monica OngSocial CommentariesRace & EthnicityLivingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsAnxiety & Insecurity + 2 more
p1Black Mothers and SonsBy Crystal Simone SmithI am waiting to be discovered (having· come to rest on the floor, head against the stove, upended chair...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsLivingSorrow & GrievingAnxiety & InsecurityGriefMelancholy & Despair