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Emily Suzanne Carlson: Motherhood

I want
the officers to hang their shields
like wind chimes from the plum tree’s
branches.

April 13, 2024 · 14 Comments

Majid Naficy: Stomach Ulcer

The night that Father packed his suitcase
To travel to America
I ran to the alley shops
And bought a package of barberry candies

April 13, 2024 · 3 Comments

Rebecca Gordon: Republicans Have Plans for Working People

And You’re Not Going to Like Them

April 12, 2024 · 4 Comments

Jean Toomer: Beehive

Earth is a waxen cell of the world comb,
And I, a drone,
Lying on my back,
Lipping honey

April 12, 2024 · 3 Comments

Derrick Z. Jackson: The Very Slow Road to Banning Asbestos

Like almost all things chemical in the United States, the recent announcement by the Biden administration that it is banning a major form of asbestos is both a triumph and a disgrace. 

April 11, 2024 · 7 Comments

Alice Friman: Puddles

As if overnight, the flowering pear tree
is flowering. A froth of white.

April 11, 2024 · 15 Comments

Phyllis Bennis: Why False Accusations of Anti-Semitism Are So Harmful

Bad-faith smears of Rep. Ilhan Omar and many others are being used to crush Palestinian rights, undermine social movements, and divert attention from real anti-Semitism.

April 10, 2024 · 4 Comments

James Crews: We Are Constellations

So much coexists in the heart’s container,
as in a carved teak bowl on the table.

April 10, 2024 · 4 Comments

Claudia Boyd-Barrett, Hannah Hough: A Day in the Life of Parents Caring for a Child With Complex Medical Needs

As her parents see it, caring for Claire is part of the job of being parents and something they do gladly…

April 9, 2024 · 2 Comments

Al Maginnes: Transition

The day we got wings was a disaster. 

April 9, 2024 · 9 Comments

Barbara Hamby: Ode to My Younger Self 

You were so beautiful and stupid though you thought
you were smart, and in a way you were,
because you loved poetry and Beethoven and apples

April 8, 2024 · 19 Comments

Video: Isabella Kirkland | The Beauty of Wildlife — And an Artistic Call to Protect it

Investigating humanity’s relationship to nature, she shares work that takes a creative stand against ecological despair — and quietly urges climate action through permanent images of vanishing wildlife.

April 7, 2024 · 2 Comments

Sally Bliumis-Dunn: Biology Lesson

I thought I’d be bored 
looking at the slide but instead 
felt unsettled, as though
something had been taken

April 7, 2024 · 3 Comments

Michael Simms: Magnolia

Suppose you held what you love so tightly
you broke it
Suppose you let something slip away

April 6, 2024 · 45 Comments

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