"The class goes on a nature walk" by Birukti Tsige
The class goes on a nature walk Teach me how to feel moss when I’m thinking of dead children. Laugh: goosegrass. Goldcrest weighs, laugh....
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May 91 min read
"Excited Delirium" by Bill Marable
Excited Delirium (for Elijah McClain) Coroner reports his death as “excited delirium” tackle innocence Manhandle Asphyxia tackle 'Mama'...
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cherrycastlepublis
May 31 min read
"Once" by Truth Thomas
Once in a village called the District, Reuben Jackson’s smile pulled up at the American Poetry Museum, about a fortnight after of his...
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cherrycastlepublis
Mar 311 min read
The Poetry of Synnika Alek-Chizoba Lofton
On a Palestinian Girl Escaping Tomorrow She balances tomorrow’s humanity. Dreams outlive brutal thieves. Dreams form crooked smiles....
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Mar 251 min read
"Squatters’ Rights" by Bill Marable
Squatters' Rights a raging stampede down at the border tempestuous pugnacious untethered acrimonious tempestuous starved foreboding...
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cherrycastlepublis
Mar 251 min read
"The Nation's Summer" by Melanie Henderson
The Nation’s Summer Two black children running Wild Begonias Clay Mudpies Wild Peach Juice Sunset Wild Two black children running ...
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Mar 11 min read
"aubade" by Debasis Mukhopadhyay
aubade i swallowed my land blasted with light amnesia of shrapnels' gravity amnesia brush of tenderness amnesia swallowed my land i...
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cherrycastlepublis
Feb 191 min read
"Reflection No. 9" by Reuben Jackson
Never once had I seen a poet In dull brown orthopedic shoes. Thick, nerdy glasses, yes. The stoop I nursed was my Mending Wall-- A...
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cherrycastlepublis
Feb 191 min read
"the rest is silence" by Debasis Mukhopadhyay
the rest is silence Horatio is digging graves beneath bodies gossamer afterlife beneath blue cloves Gaza beneath graves Horatio is...
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cherrycastlepublis
Nov 3, 20231 min read
"Speeding" by Ingrid Bruck
Speeding my fast red pony car peeling black road shadows peeling horse cart boy peeling red, my fast car pony 10/25/2023 Ingrid Bruck, a...
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cherrycastlepublis
Oct 15, 20231 min read
"The journey" by Bill Marable
The journey Palestinians ordered to leave Gaza Walk Rubble Glass Munitions Walk Bullets Bombs Bodies Walk Leave Gaza Palestinians ordered...
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cherrycastlepublis
Jul 21, 20231 min read
"Penned" by Craig Kirchner
Penned Cannot write. Words, runted, leper shoes. Words in the corner. Words, cannot write. 7/17/2023 Craig Kirchner has written poetry...
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cherrycastlepublis
Jun 26, 20231 min read
"Hyde" by Craig Kirchner
Hyde I am Hyde. Words dance, spasm, posit. Words molest become poem, words. Hyde, I am. 6/15/2023 Craig Kirchner has written poetry all...
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cherrycastlepublis
Mar 28, 20231 min read
The Poetry of Anouk Schneider
Lovely Lilies Can’t Touch the Truth Lovely lilies touch her hair, When She Is Bleeding, When She Is Crying, When Her hair touches lovely...
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cherrycastlepublis
Mar 20, 20231 min read
"When will the crown of the Kremlin King fall?" by Vyacheslav Konoval
When will the crown of the Kremlin King fall? The black domes of churches meet the sun, on the right, a bloody tile polished to a shine,...
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cherrycastlepublis
Mar 20, 20231 min read
"Zoom Workshop" by Pat Valdata
Zoom Workshop Little rectangular poets Muted Masks That Hide Muted Masks That Reveal Muted Poets, little rectangles 3/20/2023 Pat Valdata...
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cherrycastlepublis
Mar 4, 20231 min read
"Debris" by Serena Agusto-Cox
Debris Rifle through debris bodies puddled waiting children's bodies still bloody bulleted bodies Debris, we've rifled. 3/4/2023 Serena...
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cherrycastlepublis
Feb 22, 20231 min read
"Ten Years On" by Matt Hohner
Ten Years On I return to that image, to you leaving that cliff, your chaos mind hurtling you into the imagination. Return to me. Matt...
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cherrycastlepublis
Jan 15, 20231 min read
"Democracy Blocced" by Kari Martindale
Democracy Blocced Making a mockery of democracy, blocs block forward movement; blocs sit smugly giggling– blocs, making a democracy of...
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cherrycastlepublis
Nov 7, 20221 min read
"Memphis Statuary, 2017" by Randolph Parker
Memphis Statuary, 2017 They are lying in a secret warehouse, Denying, Bedford Jefferson Harvey Denying, loss lashing, silently denying,...
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