p1Lay It BareBy Anders Carlson-WeeI know you’re hungry for it. More money. More news. Desperate for any laurel that parades you as happier...Social CommentariesMoney & EconomicsLivingLife ChoicesMelancholy & Despair
p1According to the StudyBy Erin BelieuThe rich report greater levels of happiness, & the study goes on to demonstrate how we humans use money...Social CommentariesClassMoney & Economics
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
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
Los Angeles, Fin de SiècleBy Maurya SimonDelirium in the downtown mall today: Burt Reynolds! All the henna-haired girls sneer, while their mothers...Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeClassMoney & EconomicsPopular CultureLivingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPainting & SculpturePhotography & FilmStanza FormsTercetMetersFree VerseTechniquesImagery + 11 more
WatershedBy Tracy K. Smith200 cows more than 600 hilly acres property would have been even larger had J not sold 66 acres to DuPont...NatureLandscapes & PastoralsTrees & FlowersSeas, Rivers, & StreamsSocial CommentariesCities & Urban LifeMoney & EconomicsTown & Country LifeLivingDeathActivitiesSports & Outdoor ActivitiesArts & SciencesSciencesMetersFree VerseTypes/ModesElegyPastoral + 12 more
blood·sugar·cantoBy ire’ne lara silvathis is what they will not tell you and this is what you must know if you hear nothing else i say hear...Social CommentariesMoney & EconomicsLivingHealth & IllnessLife ChoicesThe Body
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
It's Too Late To Be CarefulBy CAConradmelting glaciers frighten me when appearing on my street as downpours a feeling I send ahead of myself...Social CommentariesClassCrime & PunishmentMoney & EconomicsWar & ConflictHistory & Politics
PortentBy Rachel LongI feel middle class when I'm in love. I think it's all the poached eggs on bird-seed bread, staying ...LoveRomantic LoveSocial CommentariesClassMoney & Economics
To My BrotherBy Lorna Dee CervantesWe were so poor. The air was a quiver of thoughts we drew from to poise, unsaid in the ineffable world...Social CommentariesClassMoney & EconomicsLivingComing of AgeThe MindMemory & NostalgiaBoredomDisappointment + 2 more
p1thieves in the templeBy Destiny O. BirdsongAfter Donne exeunt my heart, evangelical god, for you are still frosted and feathered somewhere in the eighties...Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeMoney & EconomicsHistory & PoliticsReligionFaith & DoubtLivingSorrow & GrievingYouthRelationshipsFriends & Enemies + 4 more
p1My Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandfather Who Owned My Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandmother Also Owned a Jewelry Store and a Railroad, So He Probably Had a Dope WatchBy Jason McCallProbably one of those understated pieces. Simple silver. No ring of laurels surrounding an emperor or...Social CommentariesClassCrime & PunishmentMoney & EconomicsRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsAngerBlameDisappointmentGrief + 5 more
p1Poem for My Neighbor Whose Good Intentions Are Wolf PeltBy Jacqueline Allen TrimbleThis carpetbagging, gentrifying Aryan mother’s son cut through our neighborhood buying houses. Called...Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeMoney & EconomicsRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsAngerBlameGrief
p1The Night After You Lose Your JobBy Debora KuanYou know sleep will dart beyond your grasp. Its edges crude and merciless. You will clutch at straws...Social CommentariesMoney & EconomicsRace & EthnicityLivingParenthoodRelationshipsHome LifeActivitiesJobs & WorkingAnxiety & InsecurityOptimism + 4 more
Things No One KnowsBy Wanda Colemanovercome by the stink of mildewed wash, i have been three months behind in my rent for thirty years....Social CommentariesClassMoney & EconomicsRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsAngerAnxiety & Insecurity
News from Niman Farm: Section XIBy Lewis MacAdamsA Streetperson crying. It's a lady with a terrible pain. She's yelling over and over that "Nobody's ...Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeMoney & EconomicsAnxiety & InsecurityDisappointment
The Dearth of CommunismBy Lewis MacAdamsOn the telly, hundreds of Moscow denizens are pulling down the statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky, the father...Social CommentariesMoney & EconomicsHistory & PoliticsLivingSorrow & GrievingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaGrief
p1From “Weapon or Considering the Evidence Against Me”By Justin Rovillos Monsonexhibit a) frantz fanon: The first thing which the native learns is to stay in his place, and not go...Social CommentariesClassCrime & PunishmentMoney & EconomicsRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsAnxiety & InsecurityBlameDisappointment + 2 more
p1section eightBy George T. Wilkersoni come from the broken playground littered with dented coke-can crack pipes, bullet shells, and bottle...Social CommentariesClassMoney & EconomicsRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsHome LifeAnxiety & InsecurityDisappointment