Warsan Shire
-
from: “Ugly” by Warsan Shire
from: “Ugly”You are her mother.Why did you not warn her,hold her like a rotting boatand tell her that men will not love herif she is covered in continents,if her teeth are small colonies,if her stomach is an islandif her thighs are borders?What man wants to lie downand watch the world burnin his bedroom?Your daughter’s face Continue reading
-
National Poetry Month 2024
Amalia Ortiz, Ana M. Fores Tamayo, Andrea Gibson, Assata Shakur, Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley, César Leonardo de León, Claudia Rankine, Cynthia Cruz, Dunya Mikhail, Gloria Anzaldua, H. Melt, Ire'ne Lara Silva, Jane Mead, Juan Felipe Herrera, Kamala Platt, Katana Smith, Lauren Badillo Milici, Molly Brodak, Natalie D-Napoleon, National Poetry Month, Ocean Vuong, Olivia Gatwood, Pat Mora, Poem, Poetry, Priscilla Celina Suárez, PW Covington, Rossy Evelin Lima, Sabrina Benaim, Tracy K. Smith, Valarie Wallace, Vijay Seshadri, Warsan Shire -
Poetry Break
Once again: “Your Life” by Andrea Gibson “I Carry Your Heart with Me” by e.e. cummings “Explaining My Depression to My Mother” by Sabrina Benaim “Ohm” by Saul Williams “Why are Muslims So…” by Sakila & Hawa “14 Lines from Love Letters or Suicide Notes” by Doc Luben “Some Things You Need to Know Before Continue reading
Allen Ginsberg, Amalia Ortiz, Andrea Gibson, Carlos Andres Gomez, Cassette Tape, Denice Frohman, Doc Luben, e. e. cummings, Edward Vidaurre, Edwin Bodney, Elizabeth Acevedo, Grace Carras, Guante, Helly Shah, Hobo Johnson & The LoveMakers, I Recorded This For You, In Albany New York, Jamie Mortara, Leticia, National Poetry Month, Neil Hilborn, Pablo Neruda, Poem, Prince Ea, Priscilla Celina Suárez, Sabrina Benaim, Sakila and Hawa, Saul Williams, Shane Koyczan, Suli Breaks, Tato Laviera, The 126ers, Tim Minchin, Tracy K. Smith, Warsan Shire -
Poetry Break
Some times you just stumble upon poems like one does bad romances. They take up your time and leave you a different person. Enjoy. 14. We were trying to prove our blood wrong.15. I was still lonely so I did even lonelier things. Continue reading
Chapin City Blues 