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Two Poems by Dr. Joanie Terrizi

These poems are published connected to a project supported by the DC Mayor's Office of Community Affairs. Dr. Joanie Terrizi was a participant in...
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Two Poems by Brona Pinnolis

These poems are published connected to a project supported by the DC Mayor's Office of Community Affairs. Brona Pinnolis was a participant in the...
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Three Poems by Amy Melrose

These poems are published connected to a project supported by the DC Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs. Amy Melrose was a participant in the 2026 Jewish...
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Three Poems by Lori Rottenberg

These poems are published connected to a project supported by the DC Mayor's Office of Community Affairs. Lori Rottenberg was a participant in the...
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Four Poems by Jennifer Helgeson

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...
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Three Poems by David Ebenbach

These poems are published connected to a project supported by the DC Mayor's Office of Community Affairs. David Ebenbach was a featured faculty member...
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Two Poems by Rebecca Bishophall

These poems are published connected to a project supported by the DC Mayor's Office of Community Affairs. Rebecca Bishophall was a faculty member at...
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Angels and Bakers by Susan Mockler

This poem is published connected to a project supported by the DC Mayor's Office of Community Affairs. Susan Mockler was a host of Day...
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Inheritances by Bliss Goldstein

Inheritances My brother tells me he wants to save me from the shock of finding out what’s in Ma’s will. Do you want me to...
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Two Poems by Dianne L. Knox

Mow Me DownHe was mowing the ditch, not with a string cutterbut with a heavy moweras I walked by he felt he needed to...
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Two Poems by Jamilah Ali

Do Black People Speak a Foreign Language?Hell to the no. You told me 50 years agoDonna Reed cannot translate jive into Wonder BreadUnderstood soft...
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Homemade Saints by Bliss Goldstein

You’ve forgotten the names of your homemade saintswho crowd in the dark behind your thin lids.In the veil you’ve drawn betweenHere and Not Here, they...
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The Opposite of Gaslighting by Sunu P. Chandy

*With gratitude to all who contributed to this crowd-sourced list poem following my social media inquiry I’m so sorry that happened to you.It makes sense...