for Mel & Barbara I unburden for a second. hear faint whispering my shame: did you transgress, son? transparency, let your eyes communicate empathy, a sea. we don’t keep secrets. we take our mind out […]
False Liberation
by John Grey In this rescue of a dream, the door’s flung open, all guards are fast asleep, there’s light at the end of the corridor, stairs leading up to the world, friends waiting with […]
Stun
by Shawn Anto hummingbirds like to drink from the trumpet-shaped flowers. and the buzzing bees like the broad flat flowers like the marigold. they drink and wallow ‘til they are covered all over with nectar. […]
The Strange Fruit of Living While Black
by Sidra Owens I was raised by a single mother, who was born in the midst of Jim Crow, and she has seen whites-only signs. She has witnessed the rise of the Civil Rights movement. […]
Our Ignorance Fuels Their Victories
by Sidra Owens Elections have consequences. That is more than just a quote from a former president. It is an absolute truth that we are dealing with daily. Trump is the current president, and he […]
Remembering Lance
by Stephen Jackson Lance was born in the pale, a drift of seed &&&&could pass through that flesh, a twist of ivy’d &&&&&&&&&be a gift to bones so frail. Veins blued out in the crux […]
Little Bird
by Anushka Bidani i. how terrifying loneliness can feel like a dumb mouth shaping words into an empty void. i fold papers intro cranes, set them on the table, waiting for guests that never arrive […]
Michael | Stoned
by Stephen Jackson He is most certainly not the line stretched taut for clothes from back porch to telephone pole in a scorch of August tar-melt gripping wood and rusty hook— a perch for two […]
The Deluxe Angels
by Daniel Hotham I’ll pass through June on a sled Splayed out while light fragments break through a lazy fog. My mind gets shot for a while So I don’t know what any of the […]
Something The Blue Teenager Sold You
by Michael Igoe Something the blue teenager sold you left you high and dry, priceless, alone with memories of evil meals and your handcrafted tattoo. A thing that amounts to ceaseless rain, by sleight of […]
