IGNITE: A Necessary Flame
Women make up 51% of the country, but only 20.6% of Congress. This piece looks at how IGNITE National, a women’s political empowerment non-profit, is working to make a difference.
Poem: The Waves of His Sacrifice
How many times has my father Lain face forward on uneven ground So I may have a solid surface on […]
Poem: Anxiety Eviction
I will no longer scrape the marrow from my bones Make them hollow So that you have a place to […]
Poem: Ode to My Mother
Ode to my mother Whose feet were hardened by Philadelphia sidewalks. Mother whose heart mid-beat Has been frozen by tears– […]
Poem: I’m a Deaf Poet
I’m a D E A F poet Well, half deaf I should say Shoot, sometimes being half deaf has its […]
Poem: Poetry for the Sake of the Word
What is wrong with poetry for the sake of the poet? The poem? The sentence? The word? The laborious breath […]
