Romare Bearden Cuts a Slow Eye for His Painting [AUDIO] By Lauren Camp. An incredible poetic tribute to the art and life of Romare Bearden. Read More
Rings (for Eric Dolphy, 1964) [AUDIO] By Lauren Camp. On cutting-edge jazz legend Eric Dolphy, with his music in the audio. Read More
Out of Oakland Ashes [AUDIO] By Emily Ruth Hazel. Ruminations on artists who dare to claim housing, even if they have to build it themselves. Read More
Afterimages [AUDIO] By Abigail Carl-Klassen. A poem on how the focus of the abortion fight has changed. Read More
Still I Will Not Wear His Name [AUDIO] By Emily Ruth Hazel. Less than half of all the arms raised were for him. Read More
Ain’t Country Like You [AUDIO] By Abigail Carl-Klassen. You act like there’s only one way to be country. Read More
The Sight of Dusk [AUDIO] By Lauren Camp. "We sit on the porch as tuneless cars repeat / their litany in distant atmosphere." Read More
Hung Lyres for Mohamedou Ould Slahi [AUDIO] By Philip Metres. A poem for the Guantanamo detainee who wrote a book about his torture, Mohamedou Ould Slahi. Read More
Water Is Life [AUDIO] By Craig Santoz Perez. A poem written in solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and all peoples protecting the waters of this Read More
Woman Mourning Son [AUDIO] By Philip Metres. A woman in Iraq mourns her son, caught in the crosshairs of an F-16. Read More