JAMES SCHWARTZ is a poet, writer, slam performer and author of five poetry collections including The Literary Party: Growing …
Ode to a Black Rose
IOh, My mind right now is a sad, black roseIt showers in the sun, it melts with rain;I can’t put …
Rx Poetry | Ice-olation, by Elizabeth McGeown
In the first days of the pandemic, those being when we were told by channels on high that we could …
Editorial | On Grandpas with a Past, by Hokis
I forgave the man who raped me, the day before he carefully screwed a plate into my aged father’s tibia. …
Black Never Dies
She was in the mirror.She was smiling when I wasn’t.She had three arms in total.The third was a stolen giftThat …
You Have Always Lived In The Castle
You scrub tile vinyl floors. Prepare the king’s libations. He will mark down yours, the cost of hydration, sugar, bonnets …
