Tag Archives: political poems

Poem by Dylan Garcia

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December 2, 2015 by author

Victor D. Infante

What my white mother meant to say
when she defended cops after Mike Brown was murdered
By Dylan Garcia

Darren Wilson looks a lot like
the brother I sit next to during Christmas dinner,
who comes … Continue reading→

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Poem by Rev. Catherine Reed

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November 25, 2015 by author

Victor D. Infante

The Journey
By Rev. Catherine Reed

From her hotel window
She watches young and old women
In and out of cars on the corner
sashaying slowly by
Seems like a lifetime away
Same corner- … Continue reading→

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Four Poems by Mikkel Snyder

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November 21, 2015 by author

Victor D. Infante

The Gateway West
By Mikkel Snyder

So, if a city has a personality
      maybe it also has a soul.
          Maybe it dreams…
               -Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 8: Worlds’ End

And since it dreams, it … Continue reading→

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Poem by Kirsten Le Harivel

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November 6, 2015 by author

Victor D. Infante

At the crossroads
By Kirsten Le Harivel

The rickshaw driver sees me,
dupatta flapping, tiffin swinging;
late as usual.

As we head to my office
we speak about his daughter,
her child in Kolkata.
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Poem by Meggie Royer

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July 20, 2015 by author

Victor D. Infante

Daughter the Warrior
By Meggie Royer

The father from Yemen who lives on the upper floor of our apartment building
reveals that when he was first teaching his three-year-old daughter English
he named every object in their … Continue reading→

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