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Bourgeon’s mission, through our online publication and community initiatives, is twofold: to increase participation in the arts and to improve access to the arts. Bourgeon is a project of the not-for-profit Day Eight.

Two poems by Rima Shaffer

These poems are published connected to a series of workshops produced in partnership between Day Eight and the East Rock Creek Senior Village supported...

Two poems by Addy Lugo

Addy Lugo is a finalist in the 2025 DC Poet Project, an annual open-to-all poetry competition created by Day Eight to support and surface...

Two Poems by Micki Topham

Micki Topham is a finalist in the 2025 DC Poet Project, an annual open-to-all poetry competition created by Day Eight to support and surface...

Three poems by Tony Medina

These poems are published connected to the partnership between the Mid-Atlantic Review and Howard University and a recent event for the Howard community.  Broke Tin Pan Alley Hitchcock...

Ha Vay’s Baby I’m the Wolf is a call to the wild you’re gonna wanna answer by Hailey Wharram

This article is the winner of the 2024 DC College Student Arts Journalism Competition. Learn more about the 2024 competition on our website here. In...

Meet Alex Woz, the Jewish artist fighting antisemitism through ‘70s designs by Zoe Bayewitz

This article is a finalist in the 2024 DC College Student Arts Journalism Competition. Read more about the 2024 competition here. Alex Woz grew up...

Poet Jane Shore Stitches It Together by Ella Mitchell

This article is a finalists in the 2024 DC College Student Arts Journalism Competition. Find more information about the 2024 competition here. A central thread...

TomorrowXTogether shines bright in The Star Chapter: Sanctuary but burns out too quickly by Sagun Shrestha

This article is a finalist in the 2024 College Student Arts Journalism Challenge. Find more information about the 2024 competition here. Floating high above the...

Three Poppy Poems by Ori Z Soltes

The following poems are from Ori Z Soltes' new collection of poems, My Life as a Dog: Poppy Poems. The author will be reading from...

Two poems by Jane Schapiro

The poems in this post are part of a special section, curated by Ori Z Soltes and Robert Bettmann, The Jewish Experience.  Just In Case by...

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Two Poems by Ed Baranosky

I Stay​  I stay. But it isn't as if There wasn't always Hudson's...

Two Poems by Jeffrey “J.A.” Faulkerson

AGENT OF CHANGE During the WinterOf your discontentYou craveThe warm embrace of Spring,Knowing it will fade away toThe scintillating heatOf SummerBut you need not worry.No!Because...

Blue Fading to White by Teresa Burns Murphy

Blue Fading to White A wintry wind blewthe color out of the sky that day‘til it was as whiteas my cousin’s corpsecontained in a coffininside...
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