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 […]

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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]