Streetgod by Dee Allen
Hearing the sound Of sirens blaring From the street Doesn’t guarantee me A feeling of security. Give a thug A badge and He’ll swear He’s a powerful God over the street. Strutting like Ares, God Of War, Rising into real-time From pages of ancient Greek mythology. Loved by none, Hated by everyone. Trained for war, Living for […]
they make the rest of us suffer by linda m crate
i don’t think i have ever felt safe here, except when i was a kid running aimless through the flowers and the trees finding magic and miracles in everything; i am so sick of all the disasters since the overturning of roe v. wade i have felt so unsafe and so angry and so […]
Song for America XLIII by Fernando Esteban Flores
Song for America XLIII Chickens Among Wolves 1 This will be our trail of tears Esta será el sendero de nuestras lágrimas The story we will tell our children La historia que les diremos a nuestros hijos Nothing will be left of our passing Nada quedará de nuestros pasos Even the tracks of our journey […]
Men on Planes by Shaun Perkins
We three enter the plane to find Three men in our seats, One who apparently wanted an aisle seat Instead of the window one he was assigned, The other two apparently unable To read the number above their heads And know their seats were the next row up. They said, “Well we could move, I […]
Words and Promises by Carlos Loera
Words and promises Ingrained into our hearts Constitutional freedoms Expressed by founding fathers To ensure equality Where Here How When our supreme leaders Seem to take us Back in time Past hard pressed Victories Take an oath for life Then Lie Bio: Carlos Loera graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison with an MFA […]
