“Not everything you do is going to be a masterpiece, but you get art there and you try and sometimes it really happens. The other times you’re just stretching your soul.”
-Maya Angelou
Day and Night
By Cristy Arreola The sunset looks nice It has a hint of spice But midnight is here What will I hear? My walk is really nice It’s such a delight When no one is here I can hear you so clear They try to distract me I tell them, Try and bring down the moon? …
Keep readingHe Painted the Porch of his Pain Haint Blue
By Sarah Gilmore Herman looked in the mirror And saw the dead Looking at him from the trees Rope around their necks Swinging them like fruit Bitter juice dripping from their bulging eyes Onto the leaves Strange fruit Rotting in the southern heat Herman looked in the mirror When others saw glass He saw ghosts …
Keep readingAs Above, So Below
By Elias Cauchy The tree outside the window How she twists and climbs Reaching ever upward To pierce the sky itself And the hummingbird’s nest That waits ever so patiently In the understory of her foliage Where the swaying branches Make a song so serene Like paradise The roots beneath the soil How they burrow…
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