TERSE VERSE Social Distancing give me Some Social Justice by Killah Shark, Regular Contributor You invented it Black Man Don’t …
Book Nook | Review: Want Work: Labour and desire at the end of capitalism
Book Review by Frank Karioris, Regular Contributor Work Want Work: Labour and desire at the end of capitalism Mariele …
Weekly Feature | Devine Wind, a poem Ronnie Smith
To scorch the earth,
gutting and melting
even the soil.
Weekly Feature | Illegal, by John Pietaro
Paolo pledged allegiance in uniform, on Calvary horseback;
The flood of the undocumented were welcomed in
For a price.
Rx Poetry | Sad Statistics and Statutory Spellings, an erasure poem by Pavlina Marie Wilkin
Source document: UK Covid daily press briefings from April 8, 2020 and April 9, 2020.
Roe v Wade-related | He Builds Walls with Words, by Phoebe Woofter
He carves shame into womanflesh
Bits of blood and bone hang from notches in his belt
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. …
Weekly Feature | The Women Who Come to Us, by Trudi Barnum
The Women Who Come to Us by Trudi Barnum They show up at our door, black trash bags and …
Rx Poetry | State of Mind
“State of mind” was found in “Five Weeks in a Balloon” by Jules Verne
Erasure the Occupant | Post-Atkinson, by Chad Parenteau
This is I am my power, effective today. It is important we promote the achievement. I have power, …
Lullaby for Revolution
At our most dangerous we are two girls in a loft. We spin plans of children’s children: no one’ll play …
TERSE VERSE | Stanza Has Big Feet, a poem by Killah Shark
Angola never floated
Cotton grows in rows
Chained Black feet pick it