500-word DEI Statement by Dario Cvencek
the root of the English word SLAVE comes from the eastern European ethnic group SLAVS who were enslaved in such large numbers during the Middle Ages that their name became synonymous with servitude throughout Western languages words are stuff of murder I was born into one of the South Slavic tribes the history of my […]
Djembe by Regine Jackson
When your spunk has grown like wild sassafras, That’s when you know you’ve made it When your words drip from your lips like honey, But bite like a carolina reaper That’s when you know you’ve found your voice Dancing to your own drum is a learned practice, and I pray that one day You have […]
I pledge no allegiance by Linda M. Crate
i am screaming, but i fear no one can hear me; they keep stripping rights away like they are playing a game of dominos trying to strike away every last one— they’re trying to make presidents into kings, when even the founding fathers as flawed and imperfect as they were fought to escape a monarchy; […]
This Was Always Babel by Jonathan Fletcher
And Jesus did not speak English. And Texas once belonged to Mexico. And we weren’t speaking babble. You must’ve thought so, though—towering over us, eyes cerulean and narrowed, a rictus for a mouth: “Speak American here.” On another occasion, I might’ve asked you, To what tribe do you belong? I might’ve asked, What is the […]
Everlasting Life by Jacob R. Moses
I wish not for the immortal Sentence of staying upon Sand riddled by syringes Whether a beach is a rock Laced with heroin remains To be seen and I remain Senseless in my avoidance As I quantum leap through Gratuitous adversity, I am Inhabiting private oceans Marked with the bullseye Of an oil slick among […]
