Jeffrey "Big Homey" Banks is a finalist in Day Eight's annual open-to-all poetry competition, the DC Poet Project. Read more about the DC Poet...

Burning Snowflakes Radiation rains from above Like burning snowflakes, it falls. In awe of its beauty, I reach out my hand. The ash stains my palm, Still warm to the...

Amuchechukwu Nwafor is a finalist in Day Eight's annual open-to-all poetry competition, the DC Poet Project. Read more about the DC Poet Project here and attend...