My flag was at half-mast today
The port was closed
The tides were gray
My eyes were shot
My tongue was dry
I heard the wail
Of children cry
The roaring almost drowned...
And what do you do when it all goes right?
How am I meant to cope!
When every part of the journey isn't a fight,
And I don't have to lose all hope.
What if it all works...
I want to write of
The things my mother told me
Of beautiful things
She said when she'd hold me
I long to say
"My mother told me" about this life we live
But instead my mother taught...
The air was stifling as 60,000 people packed in like sardines, each vying to get as close to the darkened stage as possible. For many of them, this was the event of a decade. It had been a long, hot day...
Back in 2018, Eduardo Chavez, the grandson of labor rights activist Cesar Chavez, released his debut documentary titled Hailing Cesar, which follows Eduardo’s journey towards understanding his grandfather...
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Degraded by that D Grade
Insane the way
I’m defined by these grades
On my tests and my papers
It’s a game that I play
With my worth and the praise
That I crave every day
Like...
"I am right, and you are wrong." that's
what I was always told.
"You're a woman and not a man,
You belong to the kitchen to make some jam."
You may take my temperament as sass, and don't
you...
“It’s just a cup of coffee.”
I say as shudders of cognitive dissonance wrack my existence. Covid happened, heard about something happening in Gaza, and my girlfriend left me, so I drowned my sorrows...
An excerpt on the work from Jacque Rupp's website;
"The Red Purse is a story about grief and desire.
Shortly after he died, I bought a red purse, which sat on my dresser for years. I knew I needed...
Poetry is an important form of human and literary expression. Though not applicable to all areas of the topic, poetry is often an art of limitations. Haiku forces writers to become creative with syllables,...
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