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Soar by Falconhead

And as I stand here, the Rain lashing across my face, the Wind brushing through my hair, the World spinning under my feet, I spy the Sun upon the horizon, rising like a fiery God. And O Lord, I can...

Dear Mama by Ravona

I landed on your doorstep Shaky and thin I didn’t look like your others But that didn’t matter You said I’d always have home here With you You didn’t mind my strange scent And the funny way I spoke That...

Ten toes and feet to run, to the stone walls, of history. – A dance. by Mapule Mohulatsi

Exposed belly buttons and naked knees. Dusty, Small, Short, Vagabond! The ghetto street embellished with clamors of tin and coordinated jumps, Screams of ‘Chicago! Chicago! Letha ama tin!!!’ Hunger and the fullness of a childhood spent in the dusty ghetto...

Harmony by Heather Peat

In the farmers search for the right hand He roams the earth until he finds this land He spies a field with a wall of corn All at once his idea takes form Golden corn dancing and swaying in the...

love is only a four letter word by solitude

I will not even try to justify my incapability to love or care for another human being. I refuse the idea of holding on to something that is only a guest in my miserable life, the impunities that are somehow...