Poems by Jacqueline Johnson
Mother Tongues III* I. Just think, all those tongues all those people, caught in the quickening wind. Hindu speak, Arawak cry, African bluesong, Hopi wail. Can you see the spirits caught in Babel’s...
View ArticlePatricia Spear Jones reviews A Swarm of Bees in High Court
Tonya M. Foster’s well-built house of words, A Swarm of Bees In High Court is a rather grand one with many rooms. Belladonna has placed these poems in a handsome volume with cover art by Wangechi...
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HERE BE DRAGONS! Collaborations by Bill Kushner, Tom Savage, Susan Maurer and Merry Fortune Quarter Horse, 2014 Reviewed by George Spencer To bring home a book of poetry written by very good...
View Article“The Prostitute’s Song” in A Cup of Sin
“The Prostitute’s Song” in A Cup of Sin Pass me the rouge, so I can add some color to my colorlessness. Pass me the ointment, so I may revive my face withered from sorrow. Pass me the perfume, to give...
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BASKING IN THE DARK by Jeff Wright It’s normal to worry about obscurity. But it’s good to get out and explore Even though Elizabeth was a little cool At her opening. Jane was nice. She’s a- mazing....
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Dominique Adansi-Bona & Baba KenAmen Bettis I was born and raised and razed here in The Crescent City of Southern Decadence and mis-hospitality . Where Bacchus, Rex and Saints Grand Marshall a...
View ArticleThe wait by Lee Klein
I cannot get Oprah this the wait is over stop and watch Oprah watch her weight as the long wait for weight watcher stockholders is over stop and watch Oprah watch her weightwatchers stock take stock in...
View ArticleGodót – The Dough
After Hurricane Katrina, Creative Time, sent an acting group down to New Orleans. They put on a performance of Beckett’s Waiting for Godót. The performance was in the 9th ward. The audience was was a...
View ArticleThe Pleasure of Breaking Plants
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“For women, for minorities, for those seeking something different, it can be hard to love movies, because they don’t always love us back.” -Manohla Dargis, NYTimes, 1/30/16 The post appeared first on A...
View ArticleDead Mouse Day by Katherine Freedman
Dead Mouse Day It was a dead-mouse-in-the-pool kind of day. At the grocery store, the ding of the cashier ringing up groceries, ominous. On the way to work, the cars sped too fast for country roads....
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the moments that are so infinitely small, but can always be caught like a velcro loop stirring food, tying shoes they are too snug to fit thought so you’re free Sophia Boothman March 2016 The post...
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In the year of the monkey dragon flies Steve Cannon, February 2016 The post appeared first on A Gathering of the Tribes.
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Do Be who be do be be do be who be do do be serene Steve Cannon March 9, 2016 The post appeared first on A Gathering of the Tribes.
View ArticleSad Hag that Sags
This the the hag Who nags Who happens to be sad Because she sags Mary Chen + Steve Cannon March 13, 2016 The post Sad Hag that Sags appeared first on A Gathering of the Tribes.
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It’s not my birthday I need some blind Fucking drawings Fucking Obama in The Michelle carefully Like the Obama care We know Trump doesn’t Care but white lives matter Cut to the emergency room Jamanian...
View ArticleOrchids
Orchids in the moonlight Don’t scream Just be Serene Steve cannon – April 21, 2016 The post Orchids appeared first on A Gathering of the Tribes.
View ArticlePoem by Warsan Shire
The House Warsan Shire I Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women, kitchen of lust, bedroom of grief, bathroom of apathy. Sometimes the men they come with keys, and sometimes the men they...
View ArticleReview of Pedro Pietri by Danny Shot
Pedro Pietri: Selected Poetry I don’t write book reviews. Never did, until now. I’ll make an exception for el Reverendo Pedro Pietri. Ideally, Steve Cannon would have liked this review to be written by...
View ArticleJohn Farris Memorial April 29, 2016
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