Writing is an act of resistance
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Two Poems by D. R. James
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What You Need to Know
By Kristi Rabe My 11-year-old son tried to stab me with his fork. This was 5 seconds after calling me a stupid bitch. 15 seconds after I told him to go to time out. 33 seconds after I found he had played with a lighter and snuck candy from the cupboard. 1 minute after…
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National Day of Atonement
By Marc Alan Di Martino Scream at the empty mirror of the sky, the waiting blue, the blinding cosmic eye, until your pain lathes the Plutonian rim of the Solar System. Scream at the crystal ceiling of the sky until it cracks up like an electoral map of the United States, our jagged earthly…
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Trophies and Ribbons
By Victoria Barnes On a late November morning toddlers and children drag their parents’ silky purses stuffed with glossy trophies and ribbons to the sewing room. They embroider golden monograms, add coats-of-arms in crewel, tie silver coins that dangle from purse seams. Their parents nod. By the rose evening the children sing quietly of imaginary gardens…
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Who Will Kneel for You: Artists Speak Out
From The Root Anna Deavere Smith and a chorus of artists recite the poem “To Kneel,” by Kathy Engel, in support of 2018 NFL protests and the right to dissent, and against racist police violence. Visit The Root – Black news, opinions, politics and culture Cartoon credit: Drew Sheneman, Newark Star-Ledger (Newark,…
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Cop Sonnet
By Keith Welch We’d like to think that all our cops are fearless that their well-trained minds are sharp and quick but certainly they’re worse than useless unless they can tell a pistol from a stick Or when a suicidal person’s begging for an ending to their tortured grief does a policeman’s duty include abetting…
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DNA-Edited Spinner for Hire
By Russell Hemmell Delphis—the Cheerful One—had known it since the beginning. She was going to remember the day the magic of gene editing was discovered in the multifaceted and famously riotous dolphin world. It could provide a way for the planet to survive climate change, the developers claimed. Once we upgrade, uplift and upscale,…
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Two Poems by Peggy Turnbull
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Organic Gardening
By Maria Van Beuren It’s a matter of pulling weeds And laying them down where they can rot And feed the plants you want. When weeds are small, They require you to claw in their dirt, But then you learn to let them grow large And fat on rain and sun— They grow confident,…