Boats
By Farah Ghafoor
“migrants” of / waterlogged toes and / fingerprints rubbed off of illegible papers. / everybody scrambling / scrambling / for the dead boy in the water / to build walls once again. / the cameramen … Continue reading→
A Ghost in the Apple Orchard
For Robert Frost
By Bill Gleed
Honey bees from a wild hive
Have come and gone on their way —
But the White-tailed hornets hide
in the branches
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This Bitter Crop Hasn’t Ended
“. . . blood at the root” — Billie Holiday
for M. Brown
By Robert Bohm
You died the day
I turned 71.
Couldn’t hold on, I guess. You should’ve … Continue reading→
Conversation
By Laura Lee Washburn
It’s just money
It’s just legislation
It’s just sexism, just bullying
just knowing scapegoating.
Show me the damn sheep,
bouncing lamb, the peacock
announcing heaven.
The refuge of art
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Flowchart of Slurs
By Ethan Rivera
[LIVING IN FLORIDA] —> coconut —> wetback —> rafter —> boat rower —> block
hopper —> inbetweener —> [MOVES TO VIRGINIA] —> wetback —> spick —>
mexican dish rag boy —> … Continue reading→