By E. Ethelbert Miller
in the early twenties
a boat brought
my father to america
his first impressions
were spoken in spanish
years…
a boat brought
my father to america
his first impressions
were spoken in spanish
years…
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- By E. Ethelbert Milleronly language
can hold us together
i watch the women
bead their hair
each bead a word
braids becoming
sentences… - By Michael SalingerObsolete is absolutely useless
although in the past
he was reasonably handy
time—it kept on ticking and… - By Kathleen RooneyDo you pronounce it “thuh” or do you pronounce it “thee”? Does thinking about it too hard give you the…
- By Casandra LópezMy phone is learning Tongva. I try—
to type Eeyore and it autocorrects: Eyooshiraaw / our language. /… - By Danez Smithsaid short: i feel more like a stud. said
with some nuance: as if i came to
masculinity through the women… - By Norma Colewords people energies
somewhere in there
that that punctuationrecovery my spoken
moving never never
play something else... - By Shara McCallumAt this point, I don’t know what in me is Jamaican
versus American. Or, reaching further back,
Trinidadian… - By Julianne Neelyof none shall The Ghost of Iambic Pentameter (Chaucer?) be abridged on fetish hyperbole language was…
- By Zoey YazzieDoor :[frames]: bolted by seams of
desert fleece and beaming blindfolds
dry-steamed by the musk … - By Chris Hoshnicxxx
In the truck at his funeral time catches up to me / beaks me into
opaque-ness / a cog in the… - By avery r. young
- By Margarita EngleTaíno in our blood
and on our tongues
stirs, yawns, rises,
no longer lost.
We ignore old historians
who tell… - By avery r. younga•ver•y (ā ver'ē), n. dark(iss) ¹blk-male chile foundate(id) in luv unlimit(id) fuc(k) anthem(s). ²jee…
- By Adam WolfondOpenings
atmosphere
the meanings
like needing air.
Has the camera
a way to language
time? Of course… - By Zoë Skouldingwhat travessia/trip/travesia/trajet
traverses
the wreck/naufragio/
naufragio/naufrage
of… - By Latif Askia BaThe thing I need now. These periods are part of my samsaric past.
To return. To be closely associated… - By Lydia Harris1
Sunday vellum tongues with words of prayer
Monday messages from the unknown
Tuesday how to… - By Aram Saroyanly ly
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