from Things I Don’t Miss From My Youth
By A.B. Spellmanflorene barco moved
to philadelphia &
on a visit home
Calling poets to a greater role in public life and fostering a national network of socially engaged poets.
By A.B. Spellmanflorene barco moved
to philadelphia &
on a visit home
By Lillian AllenSilence rocks the night
nerve stretch tight
snapping left and right
By Patricia SmithThe storm left a wound seeping,
a boulevard yawning, some
memories fractured
By Richard McCannWhat I could not accept was how much space
his body was taking with it: for instance, the space where
I was standing, the dazed fluorescence of his hospital room
By Lenelle Moïsethe children of haiti
are not mythological
we are starving
By Allison Adelle Hedge CokeAmerica, I sing back. Sing back what sung you in.
Sing back the moment you cherished breath.
Sing you home into yourself and back to reaso
By Fady JoudahWhen the shooting began
Everyone ran to the trucks
Grabbed whatever their backs needed
And made for the trucks
By Arthur SzeThe bow of a Muckleshoot canoe, blessed
with eagle feather and sprig of yellow cedar,
is launched into a bay.
By Jan BeattyMy friend Lou
used to walk up to strangers
and tip them - no, really -
By Bruce WeiglToday some things worked as they were meant to.
A big spring wind came up and blew down
from the verdant neighborhood trees,