Emmy Perez
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from “Exit Routes”
by Emmy Perez from With the River on Our Face First hurricanes exist, alone in a home older than myself bagging up photographs Electricity out before it rains No remaining phone battery exists Folks transported from detention centers papeles wet or nonexistent Feds ordering the mortaring of the wall Projectiles flying through windows Shelters do Continue reading
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National Poetry Month 2023
We’re doing something a little different for National Poetry Month. I noticed a lot of my pervious poetry posts become outdated when a YouTube video either gets removed or goes private. This year, I decided to make use of my Canva subscription to create pretty pictures with the poems embedded in them. This will also Continue reading
A. R. Ammons, Andrea Gibson, Bert Meyers, Brenna Twohy, Cassie Workman, César Leonardo de León, Charles Simic, Chiagoziem Jideofor, Danez Smith, Doc Luben, Ebony Stewart, Emma Bolden, Emmy Perez, Ire'ne Lara Silva, Jan Seale, Jonathan Galassi, José Antonio Rodríguez, Junious "Jay" Ward, Kate Baer, Lady Mariposa, Matt Mitchell, National Poetry Month, Pat Parker, Poetry, René Saldaña Jr., Sarah Kay, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Sienna Meadow Burnett, Tank and the Bangas, Veronica Sandoval, William J. Harris -
Storyteller & the Storytellers
It’s a little pretentious of me to call myself a writer, which is why I usually note that I’m a reader who happens to write. Though, doesn’t that define a writer? Anyone who states they are a writer but don’t like reading is a poseur and should be stripped for their pen and paper immediately. Writers Continue reading
Chapin City Blues 