Guidelines

By Lisa Suhair Majaj If they ask you what you are,
say Arab. If they flinch, don't react,
just remember your great-aunt's eyes.

Poets Against the War

By Susan Brennan We stand at the Capitol
seized in snapshots
of curious tourists

By Alan King The president of pride's been overthrown
by a coup.
The president of humility shakes his head.

By Dan Wilcox The lunch counter TV is busy.
My sandwich is slow, but
sitting feels good after standing

By Rich Villar lacking a proper entrance
into a poem
about Arizona Senate Bill 1070

By Grace Cavalieri Maybe she had dementia,
the old lady in the woolen hat,
I don't know, but she

By Yael Flusberg after the first three hours
the temperature dropped to visible breath.
my fall coat no longer protected and my toes

By Holly Bass What is a furious dance?
It is not polite.
Does not shuck and jive or shuffle along.

By Philip Metres In the green beginning,
in the morning mist,
they emerge from their chrysalis

By Joseph Ross If you leave your shoes
on the front porch
when you run