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
GratitudeBy Cornelius EadyI’m here to tell you an old story. ThisAppears to be my work. I live in the world,Walk the streets of...Social CommentariesClassRace & EthnicityLivingLife ChoicesThe MindRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesSchool & LearningArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsMetersFree VerseTechniquesAnaphoraConfessionalMetaphorAngerGratitude + 13 more
After the 1916 FilmBy Karisma PriceThe Realization of a Negro’s Ambition requires melatonin & the soft dying body of a monkey face orchid...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityLivingSorrow & GrievingGrief
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
I’m a Fool to Love YouBy Cornelius EadySome folks will tell you the blues is a woman,Some type of supernatural creature.My mother would tell...LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityLivingMarriage & CompanionshipRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMen & WomenArts & SciencesMusicMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphor + 11 more
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
p1New BlackBy Bettina Juddi You can abstract anything if your psyche needs it. Anything can be turned into a past to forget— embittering...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
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
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
p1Generic Indian EnnuiBy Isabela AgosaMy mom and I don’t spend all day talking about the white priests who raped Great Grandma Marie, unless...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
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
Anna May Wong on Silent FilmsBy Sally Wen MaoIt is natural to live in an era when no one uttered–– and silence was glamour so I could cast one glance...Social CommentariesPopular CultureRace & EthnicityArts & SciencesPhotography & Film
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
Crip vs. CripBy Walela NehandaCrip (noun): slang for a disabled person/the whole of the disabled community/ a school of thought Example...LoveDesire & PassionSocial CommentariesCities & Urban LifeRace & EthnicityLivingHealth & IllnessSorrow & GrievingThe BodyRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionConfessionalMetaphorRefrainGrief + 14 more
ConfessionBy Countee CullenIf for a day joy masters me, Think not my wounds are healed; Far deeper than the scars you see, I keep...LoveHeartache & LossNatureFallSocial CommentariesRace & EthnicityLivingSorrow & GrievingFor All Ages + 2 more
IntroductionsBy Ariana Browni’m ariana & i’ve been conquered. child of méxico, africa, usa– i have someone else’s name. i was born...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityLivingDeathRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
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
Anna May Wong has Breakfast at Tiffany’sBy Sally Wen MaoIn Santa Monica, the sunrise has this way of emptying everything inside you. I visit my future deathbed...Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeRace & EthnicityLivingDeathTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPhotography & Film
I Have Wasted My LifeBy Justin Phillip ReedThere it goes, thin thing, cheshiring between trees whose reaper-robes trail their trains deep underground...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityLivingDeathThe MindMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphorSimileGrief + 5 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