To the owners of my childhood homeI parked by the curb of your home on the cul-de-sacCuriosity having brought me here from up north21 years and a new name from my...
Only whiskey burns the sorrow as she grieves.
Purple velvet once surrounded golden dreams.
Both a season and a reason left on leave.
Now a memory left...
These poems are published connected to a project supported by the DC Mayor's Office of Community Affairs. Jennifer Helgeson was a participant in the...
Jonathan Carrington, Executive Director of Dissonance Dance Theater, writes about the problems of white teachers bringing traditionally white dance forms to minority communities.
Shoe in the Woods
walking by the woods one daytrash scattered like seashells on a beachbeer cans mostly featuring some condomswashed up from teenagers partyingi...
The Other Side of MindEven as you’re trying to decide where to break this lineI’m right hereguiding this morning’s coffeedown the twisting tubesof your...
The Bending
There are whales in the sky. The last of the day’s sun presses upbrilliant, flat, white bellies; the higher-ups’ downward pressure, astrongly moral...
This article was selected as the winner of the 2016 DC Student Arts Journalism Challenge, an annual competition designed to identify and support talented young...
These poems are published connected to a project supported by the DC Mayor's Office of Community Affairs. Jennifer Helgeson was a participant in the...
