p1United DisorderBy Elizabeth WillisWhat direction does your sentence move: you belonging to the land or the land belonging to you.This ...Social Commentaries
p1LYNCHBy Nicolás Guillén Lynch de Alabama. Rabo en forma de látigo y pezuñas terciarias. Suele manifestarse con una gran cruz...Social Commentaries
p1Spring Comes EarlyBy Joan Kwon Glass I get good at pretending that I don’t blame you for his death, and this is all it takes to keep you...LivingDeathRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
p1Travel Plaza BrochureBy Heather Christle Men as a subject Oof They are hard to believe in They fax prose out of their mouths When they are pleased...Social Commentaries
p1My Love You Died in My Dream Last NightBy Heather Christle I did not know it was possible (your constancy being among your chief characteristics) and I, bereft...LoveHeartache & LossLivingDeath
p1GodBy Christian J. CollierI used to thinkthere was only one of Youbefore the miscarriage.Now, I am not so sure.Maybe there are...ReligionFaith & DoubtLivingDeathGrief
p1The ComplineBy Christian J. CollierBetween us, there are one hundred oneumber haints in our home.In bed, we discussour future, our children...ReligionFaith & DoubtLivingDeathParenthood
p1Case StudyBy Christian J. CollierWe were ravaged by our loss, our child. In the shower, slightly past midnight,after I’d covered the ...LoveHeartache & LossLivingParenthoodGrief
p1PhusisBy Mei-mei Berssenbrugge1A path through the woods winds along a stream that flows into the ocean.I look up at new leaves on ...Nature
p1Object RelationsBy Elizabeth WillisThe shipwrecked man creates a monarchy of one. When he sees a footprint, he panics. He has to keep writing...Social Commentaries
p1A Coin Is a Map to a BeheadingBy Elizabeth WillisThe vulnerability of the figurehead is at the center of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s painting of Charles I:...Social Commentaries
p1LYNCHBy Nicolás GuillénLynch from Alabama.Tailpiece in the form of a whipand three-pointed hooves.Tends to appearwith a great...Social Commentaries
p1POLICÍABy Nicolás GuillénEste animal se llama policía.Plantígrado soplador.Variedades: la inglesa, sherlock. (Pipa).Carter, la...Social Commentaries
p1POLICEBy Nicolás GuillénThis animal calls itself police.Whistling plantigrade.Varieties: the English, Sherlock. (Pipe.)Carter...Social Commentaries
p1A rickety door, a back one or side, not stableBy Justin Danzy No wrought iron bars like the door at my Aunt Cherry’s house on the East Side, her husband Ben always...RelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
p1All of Life Is Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryBy Justin Danzywhich Timbaland claims inspired Aaliyah’s“Are You That Somebody,” a great song, yes,you must agree, ...RelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
p1Memorial to Ed BlandBy Gwendolyn Brooks He grew up being curious And thinking things are various. Nothing was merely deleterious Or spurious...Social CommentariesWar & Conflict
p1“Life for my child is simple, and is good.”By Gwendolyn BrooksLife for my child is simple, and is good.He knows his wish. Yes, but that is not all.Because I know ...LivingParenthood
p1Beverly Hills, ChicagoBy Gwendolyn BrooksThe dry brown coughing beneath their feet,(Only a while, for the handyman is on his way)These people...Social CommentariesClass
p1beauty shoppeBy Gwendolyn Brooks facial “We use Ardena here.” Madame Celeste Herself in charge, with hot tough-handed licks To tighten...Living