For All Intents and Purposes By: Zekeya Hurley
For All Intents and Purposes By: Zekeya Hurley how soothing is the sound of an ambulance siren the blaring red of an emergency vehicle comforting it is to know that the incident is not yours that you don’t have to call your mother with tears stuck to your throat that the fire is not your […]
The Collective You in Us By Arda Athman
The Collective You in Us By: Arda Athman I prolonged my walk home because I wanted to feel cold tonight Recently I’ve been preoccupied by the way that air slips through the wool of my jacket. When I bought it, I thought it would be warmer. Maybe I was reluctant to look at you last […]
ROBERT E. LEE AND I HAVE A STARING CONTEST By Mary Kamara
ROBERT E. LEE AND I HAVE A STARING CONTEST By: Mary Kamara and a white person says racism is dead and a white person jokes about slavery and a white person lives unbothered and a white person screams about immigrants and a white person asks if I speak African and a white person touches what […]
Gratitude in Tens By: Taya Boyles
Gratitude in TensBy: Taya Boyles One body That sustains My impulse and reckless abandon Two sturdy legs That extend and root me when I am unstable Three faucets that run With clean water That cascades in ton At my convenience Four doors Locked and secured To embolden my expression Five fingers that Wrap around mine […]
Mother Nature, Me, and The Shared Art of Wallowing in Heartbreak By: Francesca Ott-McKay
Mother Nature, Me, and The Shared Art of Wallowing in HeartbreakBy: Francesca Ott-McKay Their yearning echoes, Lonesome cries heard through the trees. Soft, star-crossed bellbirds. Tears spill down moist skin Sickly wetwood out of elm, Burning the cracked bark.