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Spring 2020 Print Edition
Spring 2020 Print Edition Every year, Forum staff looks forward to receiving the printed issue. Despite the potentially wider reach of online publication, the printed edition translates the individual visions of the contributors, literary and visual art staff, and the visual media team into a collective work of art. As of August 9th, we still…
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ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS CONTEST
Submissions are accepted February 26-April 27 $100 Prize and National Recognition! If you are a currently enrolled City College of San Francisco student, please submit three previously unpublished poems of the highest quality and no more than a page each in length. Group your submission in a single, typed document with your name, phone number,…
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How to get involved with CCSF’s literary community (virtually!)
Feeling a little too socially isolated? Craving a CCSF literary event? Want to get some writing published? We got you. Lit Night, an in-person literary salon held at the Ocean Ale House outside of quarantine, is moving online for April (and maybe May)! The theme for the April 20th reading is Betrayal. You can find…
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The show will go on!
There are no buts about it–there will be a Spring 2020 issue of Forum (though, possibly with a small delay). We will continue to keep you updated as we learn more. AND we are still accepting submissions for the Diego Rivera contest. If you are finding more time on your hands, or even an extra…
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Extended Deadline for General Video Submissions
For the second semester, Forum is accepting video submissions to be promoted on our blog. Videos are dynamic pieces of visual art that add another dimension to the artistic and literary discussions that Forum helps foster in the greater CCSF community. The submission form and guidelines can be found at [tinyurl.com/ForumVideo20] Deadline: Monday, April 14th, 2020…
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Poetry Piece: “Close Your Eyes”
Close Your Eyes Machine guns gleam and jackboots click Vacant eyes blink back tears Tiny prisoners caged for slaughter Welcome to America, welcome to your new home Vacant eyes blink back tears Under flood lights blinding bright Welcome to your cell, welcome to your new home Piles of children spilt on concrete …
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Poetry Piece: “Escuintles”
Escuintles Have you met the dogs In the De Young Museum? You can see them Behind glass In the Mesoamerica Room; it’s almost like A pet shop. Olmec, I think, they’re Like chihuahuas But plump, The color of dust. My favorite Is scratching At…
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POETRY: “your two big toes”
your two big toes the gate’s frame heaves and hoes depending on the season in winter, snug and resistant like a pill bug rolled up tight, looking to tuck to a soft warm side rib then in summer blooming loose, an open laughing game can’t catch my running smile but love, me I am all…
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POETRY: “Celia”
Celia I feel very connected with you, as I am writing this but also reading this for the first time, just like you. And you, will you be cared for by Iaia, as I was, as a little girl in Rio, where my crazy flower of a momma left my father, the man in the…
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