The Palestinian ChairBy Edward SalemGod said (and already you can tellI’m making this up),If you lift a rock, I am there.If you lift a finger…Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsAngerGrief
The Tempest ["Ye elves of hills...", 5.1.33-57]By William ShakespeareYe elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves;And ye that on the sands with printless footDo… Related Audio Arts & SciencesTheater & DanceTypes/ModesDramatic MonologueAnger
Home EconomicsBy Chaelee DaltonConsider the market. Consider the gross domestic product of Korea. Call it Kimchi.Ferment culture in…Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsHome LifeAngerBlame
Afternoon in SchoolBy D. H. Lawrence The Last Lesson When will the bell ring, and end this weariness? How long have they tugged the leash… Related Audio LivingLife ChoicesActivitiesSchool & LearningAngerBlameBoredom
Six Reasons I Can't Answer the Door for Him at 3 in the MorningBy Sarah Carson The last man here wanted what could not be taken: My girl, he'd say, my baby. The narrow of his eyes…Social CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingComing of AgeThe BodyAngerAnxiety & InsecurityBlame
Metamorphoses: The Female IntoBy Maggie Queeneylaurel tree, limbs bent and twined into crown heifer bank of marsh reeds,handful lashed into pipes, …Social CommentariesGender & SexualityMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyAngerBlame
Glamour [The look I am hunting]By Maggie QueeneyThe look I am hunting: the onethat through color and cut glares the starer into a skull or a skeinof…LivingAngerAnxiety & Insecurity
a-ver-yBy avery r. younga•ver•y (ā ver'ē), n. dark(iss) ¹blk-male chile foundate(id) in luv unlimit(id) fuc(k) anthem(s). ²jee…Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsArts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsAngerJoy & Contentment
The Night Before My PiP Tribunal I See My DeadBy Karl KnightsYou left a note.‘Please don’t judge metoo harshly.’ I read itat your memorial.I hate that my voicedidn…LivingSorrow & GrievingThe BodyRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesAngerGrief
The Difference Between a Dog and a Biscuit TinBy Karl KnightsIt’s Boxing Day and I’m nearly ten and a half.I got the camouflaged Action Man for Christmas.I told …LivingYouthThe BodyRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsHome LifeAngerDisappointmentGrief + 2 more
26 ["Frequently / for those"]By SapphoTranslated By Anne Carson ]frequently ]for those I treat well are the ones who most of all ]…AngerBlame
Alive at the End of the World ("The end of the world was mistaken")By Saeed JonesThe end of the world was mistakenfor just another midday massacrein America. Brain matter and broken…Social CommentariesPopular CultureRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictAngerAnxiety & InsecurityBlame
AntigonishBy William Hughes MearnsYesterday, upon the stair,I met a man who wasn't thereHe wasn't there again todayI wish, I wish he'd…The MindMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalAngerAnxiety & InsecurityMelancholy & Despair
GratitudeBy Cornelius EadyI’m here to tell you an old story. ThisAppears to be my work. I live in the world,Walk the streets…Social CommentariesClassRace & EthnicityLivingLife ChoicesThe MindRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesSchool & LearningArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsMetersFree VerseTechniquesAnaphoraConfessionalMetaphorAngerGratitude + 13 more
After The Abortion, an Older White Planned Parenthood Volunteer Asks If My Husband Is Here & Squeezes My Thigh and Says, “You Made The Right Decision,” and Then “Look What Could Happen If Trump Were President, I Mean, You Might Not Even Be Here.”By Camonghne FelixWhat else could I say except I agree with you really am bulldozedwith grief my strength a whistle in…Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityLivingSorrow & GrievingThe BodyAngerAnxiety & InsecurityBlameGrief + 3 more
godBy K. IverAt my beloved’s burial,I can’t see his body.Only carnations. I hearyour name and my beloved’sin the …LoveHeartache & LossSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityReligionChristianityLivingSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsLGBTQ+Stanza FormsCoupletAngerGrief + 7 more
DollsBy Toi Derricotte To be born woman is to know—...LivingThe BodyThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsTechniquesEpigraphTypes/ModesSeries/SequenceAngerBlame + 5 more
America, I AmBy James CagneyI come from the kidnapped, the assaulted—my country’tis of reparations as in-store credit ...Social CommentariesClassCrime & PunishmentRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsLivingSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMetersFree VerseTechniquesAnaphoraRefrainAngerDisappointmentGrief + 10 more
38By Layli Long SoldierHere, the sentence will be respected.I will compose each sentence with care, by minding what the rules of writing dictate.For example, all sentences will begin with capital letters.Likewise, the history of the sentence will be honored by ending each one...Social CommentariesMoney & EconomicsRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsLivingSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMetersFree VerseTypes/ModesElegyAngerGrief + 8 more
poetry-magazineStunt DoubleBy Tomás Q. MorínIn this life, there are starsand there are stunt doubles.Before I became one of those fathersobsessed with memorizing his lines,making peace with the Big Directorin the sky who doesn’t like ad libs,before all that, I was the starof my own... Related Audio LoveSocial CommentariesClassRace & EthnicityLivingParenthoodRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsFriends & EnemiesActivitiesSchool & LearningSports & Outdoor ActivitiesArts & SciencesReading & BooksFather's DayAngerDisappointmentJoy & ContentmentOptimism + 12 more