Tag: Emily Knapp

America likes to ask

By Emily Knapp 

Are you like me? or

not like me?

Are you normal? or

not normal?

Are you human? or

not human?

Are you a boy? or

a girl?

Are you a woman? or

a man?

 

America likes to say:

We are right.

You

are wrong.

We are normal.

You

are not.

Fit into my box

or

face the consequences.

 

Emily Knapp is a writer and comedian living in Denver. She is originally from Chicago, but fled west because she really likes seeing the sun in February. Her poetry has been featured in Writers Resist and Fearsome Critters, and her satire has been featured in Funny-ish, Slackjaw, The Chicago Genius Herald, and Westish. You can read more of her writing on emilyknappwriter.com.

WODB image created by Karla Webb.

White for Suffrage, Red for Riots

By Emily Knapp

 

Crack.

watch as we fracture.
shards of a broken union
used as weapons and
knives

(get out)
(we don’t want you)

heavy hearts as
women burn in India and
reds/yellows/greys
paint the streets of Paris.

We are all

fighting we are all

mad

stealing back our stars and
ripping our stripes

preservation

in the name of
democracy.

We are waiting for change.

For now,
we must navigate the slush.

And wait.

 

Emily Knapp is a native of the Chicagoland area, but fled West because she really likes seeing the sun in February. Her apartment currently resides in Denver, but you can find her in the mountains, writing, hiking, or skiing. This particular poem is in response to the New Yorker article titled, “The Impeachment Hearings and the Coming Storm.”

Photo credit: Jennifer Boyer via a Creative Commons license.