Hattie McDaniel Arrives at the Coconut GroveBy Rita Dovelate, in aqua and ermine, gardeniasscaling her left sleeve in a spasm of scent,her gloves white, her...Social CommentariesPopular CultureRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesActivitiesJobs & WorkingArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmTechniquesConsonance + 5 more
The City in Which I Love YouBy Li-Young LeeAnd when, in the city in which I love you,even my most excellent song goes unanswered,and I mount the...LoveDesire & PassionSocial CommentariesCities & Urban LifeRelationshipsMen & WomenTechniquesImageryMetaphorPassion + 3 more
The Hormone of DarknessBy Tilsa OttaA nightclub doesn’t make a summerI believe more in perreoPlay everlastingIn the agitation of a critical...History & PoliticsLivingLife ChoicesRelationshipsOptimism
Stream LoggersBy Karen HouleOne man and one woman park the government Jeepon the gravel shoulder of the Grand River watershed.Paired...NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMen & WomenArts & SciencesSciences
Under Ben BulbenBy William Butler YeatsI Swear by what the Sages spoke Round the Mareotic Lake That the Witch of Atlas knew, Spoke and set ...LivingThe MindRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsArts & SciencesPoetry & Poets
p1Bedtime Story (1)By Yasmine AmeliSa’id goes missing. Forty years later, my mama tells me his poems got into the wrong hands. It is the...RelationshipsFamily & AncestorsTypes/ModesProse Poem
p1Bedtime Story (2)By Yasmine AmeliIn another story, my baba bozorg paints flowers. He is little. His name Amir means shah, but the shah...RelationshipsFamily & AncestorsTypes/ModesProse Poem
p1Grease AngelsBy Athena NassarYou gnawed on lamb bone, teeth yet to push through your gums, where I choked up water, Mom behind me...RelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
p1My Father Visits My Brother in JailBy Faisal MohyuddinNeither knows why the other is there. My brother is not allowed to say. My father is dead. Stop thinking...RelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
p1DescendantBy C. Dale YoungNot, as some believe, from the word genesis, the word gene came from the Greek genos meaning origin ...RelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
p1All of Life Is Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryBy Justin Danzywhich Timbaland claims inspired Aaliyah’s“Are You That Somebody,” a great song, yes,you must agree, ...RelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
p1Spring Comes EarlyBy Joan Kwon Glass I get good at pretending that I don’t blame you for his death, and this is all it takes to keep you...LivingDeathRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
p1A rickety door, a back one or side, not stableBy Justin Danzy No wrought iron bars like the door at my Aunt Cherry’s house on the East Side, her husband Ben always...RelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
25 days after I am bornBy Remica Bingham-Rishera man is killed in Mobile, Alabama. It is 1981, nearest what some will call the last lynching in America...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsLivingDeathRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsAnxiety & InsecurityGratitude + 2 more
I am trying to carve out a world where people are not the sum total of their disasterBy Remica Bingham-RisherBut for the grace of Godone might begin andthis must be the life of a woman. I will barely touch the...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityTown & Country LifeLivingLife ChoicesThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors + 2 more
On Leaping over the MoonBy Thomas TraherneI saw new Worlds beneath the Water ly,New Peeple; yea, another SkyAnd Sun, which seen by DayMight things...NatureStars, Planets, HeavensReligionGod & the DivineRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsJoy & ContentmentOptimism
Cyrus & the SnakesBy Ada LimónMy brother holds a snake by its head. The whole length of the snake is the length of my brother’s body...NatureAnimalsLivingComing of AgeLife ChoicesYouthThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsStanza FormsCoupletMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphor + 10 more
Calling Things What They AreBy Ada LimónI pass the feeder and yell, Grackle party! And then an hour later I yell, Mourning dove afterparty! (I call the feeder the...LoveHeartache & LossRomantic LoveNatureAnimalsLivingComing of AgeMidlifeThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityRelationshipsMen & WomenMetersFree VerseTechniquesConfessionalImageryMetaphorSimileTypes/ModesProse PoemJoy & Contentment + 16 more
GratitudeBy Cornelius EadyI’m here to tell you an old story. ThisAppears to be my work. I live in the world,Walk the streets of...Social CommentariesClassRace & EthnicityLivingLife ChoicesThe MindRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesSchool & LearningArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsMetersFree VerseTechniquesAnaphoraConfessionalMetaphorAngerGratitude + 13 more
I’m a Fool to Love YouBy Cornelius EadySome folks will tell you the blues is a woman,Some type of supernatural creature.My mother would tell...LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityLivingMarriage & CompanionshipRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMen & WomenArts & SciencesMusicMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphor + 11 more