a sentence
By Kevin Simmondsneeds
at least one subject
and one verb
Calling poets to a greater role in public life and fostering a national network of socially engaged poets.
By Camille T. DungyThe poet's hands degenerate until her cup is too heavy.
You are not required to understand.
This is not the year for understanding.
By Kathy Engelwrite about the killing of Troy Davis or
the years he claimed innocence so many times
the words fell from his mouth like drops of honey.
By Deema K. ShehabiI could tell you that listening is made for the ashen sky,
and instead of the muezzin's voice, which lingers
like weeping at dawn,
By Susan BrennanWe stand at the Capitol
seized in snapshots
of curious tourists
By Zara HoushmandThe label says Afghan Comedian
and nothing more, no artist, no provenance,
just a monitor’s unlidded eye embedded
By Rich Villarlacking a proper entrance
into a poem
about Arizona Senate Bill 1070
By Patricia Spears JonesAnd I am full of worry I wrote to a friend
Worry, she replied about what—love, money, health?
All of them, I wrote back. It’s autumn, the air is clear
By Holly BassWhat is a furious dance?
It is not polite.
Does not shuck and jive or shuffle along.