poetry-magazineA Conversation with My Mother About the Bloodstains on My ShirtBy Darius Simpsondo you remember in fifth gradewhen i was all of eighty poundssoaking wet and fully clothedi told you… Related Audio Social CommentariesClassMoney & EconomicsRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsAngerGrief
poetry-magazineOur FounderBy Samatar ElmiWho art in Cali.Programmer by trade.Thy start-up come,thy will becomean FTSE 500.Give us this day our… Related Audio Social CommentariesClassMoney & EconomicsPopular CultureReligionArts & SciencesHumor & SatireHumor
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poetry-magazineHeritage DinerBy Cheyenne Dakota WilliamsAt the diner three little indians sit horizontallyto each other at the bar seats.Two from Shiprock who… Related Audio Social CommentariesClassRace & Ethnicity
Callie Barr's Black BottomBy Malcolm Tariq You may find her behind Rowan Oak, a shadow of fortress where then now you find no real entry…Social CommentariesClassRace & EthnicityLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingBlameGrief
Stories No One Wants to Hear [V-XII]By Anastasia Taylor-Lindv.Isn’t it dangerous to be a woman? Surrounded by men, questionsabout risk-taking, parenting (I’m childless…Social CommentariesClassGender & SexualityLivingYouthRelationshipsHome LifeAnxiety & InsecurityBlame + 2 more
poetry-magazineTwo BillsBy Phil Kayeand yes it does beg the question why a nine-year-old needs two twenty-dollar bills still sticky and … Related Audio Social CommentariesClassMoney & EconomicsLivingComing of AgeYouth
poetry-magazinePrestigeBy Zoe DoradoAll the second-gen immigrant Berkeley moms somehow allwent to Stanford. I’m laughing becauseI want to…Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeClassRace & EthnicityRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazineManuel Sánchez. Our DemandBy Lis SanchezAt the gangway, our demand was a straw pava.We wore our demand jauntily cocked across our skull.So what… Related Audio Social CommentariesClassMoney & EconomicsHistory & PoliticsAngerDisappointment
Variation on a Theme ParkBy Harryette MullenMy Mickey Mouse ears are nothing like sonar. Colorado is far less rusty than Walt's lyric riddles. If…Social CommentariesClassPopular Culture
poetry-magazineLay It BareBy Anders Carlson-WeeI know you’re hungry for it. More money. More news. Desperate for any laurel that parades you as happier… Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossSocial CommentariesClassMoney & EconomicsMelancholy & 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
poetry-magazineAccording to the StudyBy Erin BelieuThe rich report greater levels of happiness, & the study goes on to demonstrate how we humans use money… Related Audio Social CommentariesClassMoney & Economics
poetry-magazine& Then #4By Sean Cho A.our wages: hourly: paid not in effort or labor but in the value of being present in attempt to ignore… Related Audio Social CommentariesClassActivitiesJobs & Working
poetry-magazineMy Gender Is a Red Stiletto or Grocery Store FeetBy Leia K. BradleyMarita, don’t tell me to pick one. I am either barefoot or wearing six-inch Pleasers— my gender is dirty… Related Audio LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesClassRelationships
America, I AmBy James CagneyI come from the kidnapped, the assaulted— my country’tis of reparations as in-store credit backordered…Social CommentariesClassCrime & PunishmentRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsLivingSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMetersFree VerseTechniquesAnaphoraRefrainAngerDisappointmentGrief + 10 more
poetry-magazineThe Sub-Urban PioneerBy Salima RiveraOh give me a home with a big landscaped lawn four cars, a boat and a kitty. For my heart yearns to be…Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeClassMoney & EconomicsRace & Ethnicity
poetry-magazineStunt DoubleBy Tomás Q. MorínIn this life, there are starsand there are stunt doubles.Before I became one of those fathersobsessed… Related Audio LoveSocial CommentariesClassRace & EthnicityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsArts & SciencesTheater & Dance
poetry-magazineIt’s CrudeBy JT LachausseTexaco. A lovely word. Ma chérie mâle. But I’m sick, Shell-Belle. I’m driving slowly on guano. Seuls… Related Audio NatureSocial CommentariesClassMoney & EconomicsHistory & PoliticsLivingHealth & Illness
Los Angeles, Fin de SiècleBy Maurya SimonDelirium in the downtown mall today: Burt Reynolds! All the henna-haired girls sneer, while their mothers…Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeClassMoney & EconomicsPopular CultureLivingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPainting & SculpturePhotography & FilmStanza FormsTercetMetersFree VerseTechniquesImagery + 11 more