Barbara Crooker: When I Gave Away My Tent
…some protection from sun, snow, rain in this, the very imperfect
twenty-first century where working two jobs isn’t enough to get
an apartment in a country where too much is not enough.
December 29, 2025 · 21 Comments
Abe Louise Young: Calling from the Homeless Camp
On Tenderness, Expulsion and Mutual Aid
January 30, 2025 · 7 Comments
Barbara Crooker: Who Do You Carry?
On city streets, the homeless unfurl
their sleeping bags like hungry tongues.
August 26, 2024 · 23 Comments
James Crews: Homeless
How do you pack up a whole house,
help your parents haul your toys thrown
in boxes from the liquor store, stuff them
in the back of the car in the middle
of the night because they can’t afford
to pay the rent they owe?
January 24, 2024 · 18 Comments
Majid Naficy: Every Night in this City
Every night in this city
Thousands of people sleep on the street
October 26, 2023 · 3 Comments