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Two Poems by John Davis

These poems are part of the special section, New Poems of U.S. History, reflecting on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence selected by editors Carolivia Herron, Summer Tate, and...

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Two Sonnets by Jeff Nosanov

A Sonnet for My Wife, the Surgeon From where do you draw so much strength each dayTo fight the fight of life and death despairWhen...
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Bas Mitzvah by Ivy Schweitzer

The poems in this post are part of a special section, curated by Ori Z Soltes and Robert Bettmann, The Jewish Experience. Bas Mitzvah The boys...
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Two Poems by Kaela Mitchell

Blue Line Something about our people Always bleeds black & blue Whether in the Hearts of our projects The pains of our songs...
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Two Poems by Scott Ferry

dear tiny flowers i know you are weeds and i would kill youwithout mercy if you were in my yardbut this is not my space...
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Two Poems by Lisa Couturier

I Cannot Be Your Quiet All my years of blustery men and mewishing they’d stop whistling, cutting me off,tightening the tessitura of my voice.I never...
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In My Father’s Image by Camille Mosley-Pasley

"...these are the things that define a person, place and time and tell a story. These are the nuances of life that fade and disappear with the passing of time. These are the things I want to remember with photographs."
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Five Prose Poems by Laura Costas

Ariadne Awakens   She smoothed the creases in the bright blue sky, and when he arrived, there was barely time to clear the space between them...
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Distinctive Voices Moving Together by Elizabeth Johnson

Elizabeth Johnson discusses increasing collaboration and friendliness in the local dance scene.
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Three Poems by Liza Boyce Linder

Delivery The two-member Council of Double Breasted Cormorants roosting on either end of the cross barof a defunct clothesline in the middle of a lake...

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