A Simple Machine by Eric W. Schramm

A Simple MachineThe noose that was used to hang John Brown is allegedly in the permanent collection at the Massachusetts Historical Society. Frayed and wild threadsfrom where the knife torethe rope from...

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The poems in this post are part of a special section, curated by Ori Z Soltes and Robert Bettmann, The Jewish Experience. What I Will...

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Grandgirl, you are in my bed now, and in all of it. You are horizontal and your soccer feet are planted like oaks on the far...

Two Poems By Summer Tate

These poems are published connected to the partnership between the Mid-Atlantic Review and Howard University and a recent event for the Howard community. Wright is why I...

Two poems by Audrey Marcus Berkman

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