by Dominick Knowles
a splinter of light piercing me
from behind––
i move like a humbled bird across the floor.
All articles filed in Poetry
Mother Earth Cries in the Pharmacy Drive-Thru at Walgreens
by Nikki Wallschlaeger
The unfoldment continues. The pills work less and less but she still gives them her name for the system, their valiant system, her phone number, her accumulation of points for consumable goods that will outlast her.
Read MoreA Lost Position
by Nikki Wallschlaeger
People get lost as they can be
long as they are willing to go,
and then they ask to
go further.
Monuments of the West
by Nikki Wallschlaeger
First, the official narrative
requires official heroes,
strong men in service
to the Republics.
Terrifying Monsters in Major Cities Across America
by Nomax Jodevaski
Dew of the morning breaks air & sun,
recalling ice. Forget all that now. Hello.
This is not a poem. Don’t draw attention.
Five-Point Plan of the Florida Communist Front
by Nomax Jodevaski
I hate chess. I won’t play
if you can’t shoot dice at
it. I’m no cyborg.
Why Must I Yelp While Being Shot At?
by Nomax Jodevaski
If there was a seesaw
or a barrel, the effect
would not be so pronounced.
I can’t bluster honest grace
without a lie to hold for balance.
I Saw the Best Socialists of My Generation Cancel Allen Ginsberg
by James Cactus
He’s written worse, but the line “I smoke marijuana every chance that I get” should in a just world be adequate to condemn Allen Ginsberg to hell and obscurity.
Read MoreApril 15, 2017
by Wendy Trevino
25,000 in San Francisco.
Twenty five thousand people marching with
A “Trump chicken” down Market Street toward
The Ferry Building because “Trump’s a big
Chicken for not releasing his taxes.”
The Rules for Black Women Dating White Men in 2019
by Ajah Hales
If you decide to date a white boy,
You are no longer pro black.
It does not matter that you were on the ground in East St. Louis,
That you stood vigil for Troy and Trayvon long before
Black Lives Matter?