poetry
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The Boys I Like – Edisol Wayne Dotson
I like Jewish boys with Jesus tattoos And the ones who challenge Christian taboos. I like nasty boys who always smell And the ones who promise not to tell. I like pretty boys who cannot dance And the ones who hurry to take a chance. I like angry boys who carry guns And the ones…
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Fleeting Life – Charlie Amore
It took peeing on a stick Everyday For weeks To confirm your place Inside of me But souls have a way Of rushing through Blood streams Of superimposing on cells Acting as platelets Healing scars All that to say No stick could prove I had two souls For a short time only It was proof…
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Sonnet 1: Lost – Gary Kwong
When we seek everything that we have lost, Back traveling to old, but finding new. Not knowing if those steps were worth the cost, So slowly did Time shift our precious view. Thine eyes do fail to see thy fated wrath, As if the unknown would be obsolete. The pain of loss brought by the…
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into salt again – Katie Seifert
the love I know has tasted salt- let it seep into its wounds. sting until the burn is the same as it’s always been recognizable, mundane almost. I fear I will become an immovable pillar of salt among the waves forget home cease to hear the drumbeat on the sand become a woman who no…
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RIOT – Henri Jacob
We wrote a letter after he died We made t-shirts as memorial We began a social media campaign We asked the murders to take an eye exam We called our neighbors and formed a cop watch No one heard us Our efforts muted We grew restless We saw red We marched We had a sit-in…
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“The Boogeyman” by Dee Allen
The Boogeyman by Dee Allen As lousy as Some of my Early childhood was, I had never Feared the dark. Come thirteen, Onset of puberty, A frightening age, Like other youngsters, I dreaded Running into Some child killer, As mentioned On the news, Or the boogeyman, Coming straight from Out of darkness, Charging at me,…
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“Laying the smackdown / On ignorance” (Dee Allen)
Superhero by Dee Allen Forget seeing Wonder Woman In the movies Or comicbooks. She’d already graced A Broward County Hotel lobby With her presence, Capably defended Herself and The honour Of Haitians As swift as Her two fists, Landing where they may. Laying the smackdown On ignorance In a tacky Bright blue dress. Wrecking its…
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“Thou Shalt Not…” by anonymous
Thou Shalt Not… by anonymous “Thou shalt not murder” Leaving this world should always be on the almighty’s hands That’s what they teach That’s what they want us to believe That’s what they taught me That’s what they wanted me to believe Yet, I kill people For it needs to be done For I have…
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“If ignorance is bliss / Innocence means shit.” (Meg Brittain)
Clara Davis was born in Redondo Beach, California and moved to San Francisco for college. She is in the process of completing her BA in studio art at CCSF and SFSU. She has been shown in multiple local galleries and currently works in a shop fabricating and installing public art. Shepherd’s Sheep by Meg Brittain…
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“At last check, Jesus’ teeth were doing fine,” (Christopher Cantrell)
Lydia La Roux is a Detroit transplant to the Bay area. She enjoys daydreaming, vegan cooking, screenplays, and the sun. Find her on Instagram @lyddderbox. Medical Exam by Christopher Cantrell Jesus has a liver, you see, that does its job of filtering impurities; and two kidneys that function quite well, regular and dutifully. At…
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