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The Angel of History by Carolyn Forche
epub |eng | 1994-01-15 | Author:Carolyn Forche [Forché, Carolyn]

And the geese, rising and falling in the rain on a surf of black hands Sheets of rain and geese invisible or gone Someone was supposed to have come Waves ...
( Category: Death, Grief & Loss January 17,2023 )
Spooks by Stella Yin-Yin Wong
epub |eng | 2022-01-15 | Author:Stella Yin-Yin Wong

OUTSIDE PARTY LINES Cordelia, the deluge has nothing to do with you. The doorman wants nothing to hear from you: deliver the ice luge to the door out back. Poor ...
( Category: Asian American January 17,2023 )
Black Aperture by Matt Rasmussen
epub |eng | 2013-01-15 | Author:Matt Rasmussen

X All night, snow fell like ash through a glass of water. Everyone’s lawns sleep under a large empty page. On the way to the funeral home I could feel ...
( Category: United States January 16,2023 )
i shimmer sometimes, too by Porsha Olayiwola
epub |eng | 2020-01-15 | Author:Porsha Olayiwola [Olayiwola, Porsha]

BRUNCH WITH TWELVE BLACK PHANTOMS CHARACTERS: MALCOLM X BIGGIE SMALLS, aka big poppa CLEO, from set it off AUNT JEMIMA AALIYAH MUFASA, king of pride lands, simba’s father DARREN, the ...
( Category: Family January 16,2023 )
My After All by Jessica Urlichs
epub |eng | | Author:Jessica Urlichs [Urlichs, Jessica]

* * * This is why mothers that came before us say it. Because maybe they didn’t either. And now time has let out a long sigh of nostalgia and ...
( Category: Women Authors January 16,2023 )
My People by Oodgeroo
epub |eng | 2020-11-13 | Author:Oodgeroo [Oodgeroo]

For Grannie Sunflower, Last of the Noonuccals Gooboora, Gooboora, the Water of Fear That awed the Noonuccals once numerous here, The Bunyip is gone from your bone-strewn bed, And the ...
( Category: Australian & Oceanian January 16,2023 )
Swimming Lessons by Lili Reinhart
epub |eng | 2020-03-20 | Author:Lili Reinhart

You couldn’t have fathomed an end when you were with them, and now you can’t imagine a world in which you’re still there. Our forevers are so fleeting they almost ...
( Category: Love Poems January 16,2023 )
Ballad of a Happy Immigrant by Leo Boix
epub |eng | | Author:Leo Boix [Boix, Leo]

We plunge into the darkness of old Shirley House, inn for poor mariners. Nobody’s alive. Shipwrecks. The antique lamps you bought are lit with care. We hug for heat. Let ...
( Category: Places January 16,2023 )
Wow by Bill Manhire
epub |eng | 2020-01-15 | Author:Bill Manhire

Lives of the Poets There was once a fellow called Pickleton who lived alone, and do you know why? Because he was a poet! Strange thing, though: he may have ...
( Category: Australian & Oceanian January 16,2023 )
How I Get Ready by Ashleigh Young
epub |eng | 2019-01-15 | Author:Ashleigh Young

If keeping a cat alive by stroking is what it takes, then I will live forever. * Mould like a bird eating whatever cannot be seen on the blank side ...
( Category: Poetry January 16,2023 )
Navigating the Divide by Linda Watanabe McFerrin
epub |eng | 2019-01-15 | Author:Linda Watanabe McFerrin

Ikebana: Woman with Flowers pink anthereum: we hope that the baby will be a son. curly green willow: tough and resilient, the boy will have humor. In a tall glass ...
( Category: Poetry January 16,2023 )
Poetry Please by Various Poets
epub |eng | 2014-01-15 | Author:Various Poets [the individual authors]

We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us, and we drown. T. S. ELIOT Love Songs ...
( Category: Anthologies January 16,2023 )
Teeth in the Back of My Neck by Monika Radojevic
epub |eng | 2021-03-25 | Author:Monika Radojevic [Radojevic, Monika]

THE NECK * * * You Always Saw Yourself in a Cape You have caught me; and now I have to look you in the eye with the deepest of ...
( Category: European January 16,2023 )
Far-Flung by Rhian Gallagher
epub |eng | 2020-01-15 | Author:Rhian Gallagher

Mean Time I Limbo’s not a verb – between paradise and burning – the only sound that’s heard there is an infant’s cry. II Who waits for news waits on ...
( Category: Poetry January 16,2023 )
Luce Cannon by Will Christie
epub |eng | 2020-05-27 | Author:Will Christie

Joy rid den fevah cents of death helloosinate heat sents of earth k.lear tropelets of thought obliterary theory of child*hood harpinest firebroke bike downshill held in voice grip don’ t ...
( Category: Poetry January 16,2023 )

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