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“TODAY WE ARE A WHITE-WING DOVE, TOMORROW WE ARE A SPIRIT” TALK TO ME: KHALISA RAE

Posted on April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 by Mordecai Martin

Because so many false narratives are being told about Black bodies, it is so crucial to tell the truth about what happens to us and the crimes that are committed against us. I think the true art is sharing the horror in a way that isn’t just trauma porn, but it’s art for a purpose.

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“L3” (LENNY Season Three).

Posted on April 15, 2021April 15, 2021 by bradleygalimore

Alternate lives or alternate realities? See how things unfold in “L3” (#LENNY Season Three).

View the full campaign and donate here:
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(L3: LENNY Season 3 will be available August 2021)

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S2/EP10: Nurture.

Posted on April 15, 2021April 15, 2021 by bradleygalimore

S2/EP10: Nurture.

We are taught,
That relationships
Are for other people,
As they navigate the course
And direct the scene of our love.
Why is that?

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REPLAYS: PinkPantheress – Pain

Posted on April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 by The R Word

REPLAYS: PinkPantheress – Pain

And I 99.9% mean when I say
I’m glad I washed my hands of any
And everything surrounding the pain

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REVIEW: HOW OFTEN I HAVE CHOSEN LOVE – XIAO YUE SHAN (FRONTIER POETRY)

Posted on April 12, 2021April 10, 2021 by Whitney Hansen

REVIEW: HOW OFTEN I HAVE CHOSEN LOVE – XIAO YUE SHAN (FRONTIER POETRY)

Shan’s natural metaphors connect the experiences in this collection to a deep relationship with the physical world, grounding these stories into the earth.

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CHAPBOOK CONTEST: SUBMISSIONS OPEN!

Posted on April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 by Christopher Margolin

CHAPBOOK CONTEST: SUBMISSIONS OPEN!

Submit your chapbook manuscripts to The Poetry Question! Guest Judges: Sofia Fey & Chris L. Butler.

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“CONFUSION, DESPAIR, OR HOPE” – TALK TO ME: JIYE LEE

Posted on April 8, 2021April 7, 2021 by Mordecai Martin

“CONFUSION, DESPAIR, OR HOPE” – TALK TO ME: JIYE LEE

I hope to get the same emotions across whether that be confusion, despair, or hope to the readers and to enforce that in such a way it leaves them thinking about the poems for a while.

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S2/EP9(Ω): Òleksandr aka Uri.

Posted on April 8, 2021April 14, 2021 by bradleygalimore

I’ll understand my journey
One day,
But if need be,
Or if you need me,
May resilience resound my words,
Remember these things I say:
I still miss you
And I’d kiss you
If I could…

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S2/EP9(α): Aléxandros aka Uri:

Posted on April 8, 2021April 14, 2021 by bradleygalimore

Because in order to
Serve and Protect,
Our hearts,
We took advantage of someone else…
And because they haven’t noticed,
We just don’t see it yet.

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REVIEW: DUNCE – MARY RUEFLE (WAVE POETRY)

Posted on April 2, 2021April 2, 2021 by walkerhjames

REVIEW: DUNCE – MARY RUEFLE (WAVE POETRY)

The poem claims to forbid but finds that grief is not powerful enough to truly erase the names of things.

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BROWN STUDY: “SELF PORTRAIT AS A MERMAID OR DEAD GIRL” – GAIA RAJAN

Posted on April 1, 2021March 31, 2021 by J. De La O

BROWN STUDY: “SELF PORTRAIT AS A MERMAID OR DEAD GIRL” – GAIA RAJAN

I started thinking about who owns grief, how memory and grief affect the body, and soon enough, the poem turned into an elegy for someone I’ve lost.

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REVIEW: STRANGERS – ROB TAYLOR (BIBLIOASIS)

Posted on March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 by brycewarnes

REVIEW: STRANGERS – ROB TAYLOR (BIBLIOASIS)

Even if it can be painful, love will not settle down into abstraction. It reaches its fingers into the world, pinches and pulls.

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REPLAYS: MY TIME IS NOW – TONE

Posted on March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 by The R Word

REPLAYS: MY TIME IS NOW – TONE

Whether it’s released during an album’s rollout, planned or unplanned, music listeners ultimately hear that the time is now.

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GETTING THE GURLZ W/ SOFIA FEY & KHALISA RAE: AIREA D. MATTHEWS

Posted on March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 by Sofia Fey

GETTING THE GURLZ W/ SOFIA FEY & KHALISA RAE: AIREA D. MATTHEWS

“…in America, the plight of black womxn is fraught with neglect and abuse, where some who behold both our intellect and beauty can’t seem to assert us as either”.

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S2/EP7(Ω): Ever So Lately

Posted on March 25, 2021April 7, 2021 by bradleygalimore

A hot comb straightens my new growth.
The edges of my existence.
Though I trim the dead ends,
My mane still feels unhealthy.
Still it seeks nourishment.
Something is missing and broken.
Broke and in pain…

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S2/EP7(α): Ever So Lately

Posted on March 25, 2021April 7, 2021 by bradleygalimore

In that place,
Will I kneel?
Speak and sing praise to a God
I’ve felt in the past has forsaken me?
Thank them for my experience?
Tell them I now realize
I didn’t get the short end of the deal?
Had a better hand.

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REPLAYS: PEACHES – JUSTIN BIEBER

Posted on March 23, 2021April 20, 2021 by The R Word

REPLAYS: PEACHES – JUSTIN BIEBER

We’ll be the one Justin sang about 
saying love was until the end of time.

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S2/EP6(Ω): I Believe.

Posted on March 18, 2021April 7, 2021 by bradleygalimore

I believe,
The fabric of time is interwoven.
Interweaves our lives,
Through what succeeds
As it becomes entangled
With what proceeds…
The stories of our lives,
And variations of versions of me…

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S2/EP6(α): I Believe…

Posted on March 18, 2021April 7, 2021 by bradleygalimore

I believe,
That the light we see,
And radio waves we receive,
Are just us…
Trying to communicate,
Simultaneously…

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REVIEWS & CONVERSATIONS: BLACK WICK: SELECTED ELEGIES – SHARON KENNEDY-NOLLE (VARIANT LITERATURE)

Posted on March 17, 2021March 17, 2021 by bradleygalimore

REVIEWS & CONVERSATIONS: BLACK WICK: SELECTED ELEGIES – SHARON KENNEDY-NOLLE (VARIANT LIT)

“Utilizing heavy subject matter, vivid descriptions of the experience of losing a child are expressed. This collection of poems carries stories many of us hope never to know, but in those of us who have, seek sorely to truly discuss.”

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HUSTLE & BUSINESS OF POETRY – KHALISA RAE AND SOFIA FEY

Posted on March 12, 2021March 13, 2021 by Sofia Fey

HUSTLE & BUSINESS OF POETRY – KHALISA RAE AND SOFIA FEY

Ranging from tips & tricks, to gripes, to gratitude, we have a lot to say! Welcome to the Hustle & Business of Poetry.

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S2/EP5: Currently & Concurrently…

Posted on March 11, 2021April 7, 2021 by bradleygalimore

The weight of divorce,
Still wafts in the room sometimes.
Hangs on my shoulders,
Simultaneously,
It stains my new shirt with tears,
After I got dressed up just for him…

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S2/EP4(α): “like treasure”.

Posted on March 4, 2021April 7, 2021 by bradleygalimore

I find comfort,
In who we are.
Similar.
Both trash…
Discarded portions,
Like undesired pieces
On pages in a bin,
Soon to be deleted,
Immediately waiting to be erased,
From Random(ly) Accessed…
Memories.

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REVIEWS & CONVERSATIONS: PALM LINES – JONATHAN KOVEN (TOHO PUBLISHING)

Posted on February 24, 2021February 23, 2021 by bradleygalimore

REVIEWS & CONVERSATIONS: PALM LINES – JONATHAN KOVEN (TOHO PUBLISHING)

Since completing its pages, I daydream of skies raining amethyst and words of wisdom yelled from random apartments windows.

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S2/EP2(α): Silence…

Posted on February 18, 2021April 7, 2021 by bradleygalimore

But I had to accept that
We were no longer
Only fucking.
I took days of distance,
Contemplated all my exes,
Reflected & Reminisced,
Made a few decisions
On how to measure…
Explain,
The depths of this experience

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REVIEW: TRICKS OF LIGHT – THADDEUS RUTKOWSKI (GREAT WEATHER FOR MEDIA)

Posted on February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 by walkerhjames

REVIEW: TRICKS OF LIGHT – THADDEUS RUTKOWSKI (GREAT WEATHER FOR MEDIA)

He seems to consider care to be of utmost concern, not just for family, but also for strangers.

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POWER OF POETRY #128: JANE ROSENBERG LAFORGE

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Christopher Margolin

POWER OF POETRY #128: JANE ROSENBERG LAFORGE

Our classmates were the children of rock stars, writers, critics,visual artists, film editors and movie executives. But everyone in the neighborhood seemed famous to us, just for having been there.

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#TPQ5: MIKE HICKMAN

Posted on February 12, 2021February 9, 2021 by Christopher Margolin

#TPQ5: MIKE HICKMAN
What will Mike Hickman include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

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REVIEW: LOOK LOOK LOOK – CALLISTA BUCHEN (BLACK LAWRENCE PRESS)

Posted on February 12, 2021February 11, 2021 by robinhendricks

REVIEW: LOOK LOOK LOOK – CALLISTA BUCHEN (BLACK LAWRENCE PRESS)

There’s a sense of absence in this first section as the mother’s body becomes a singular state once again, but there’s also a slip from autonomy.

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REVIEW: WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP – JESSIE LYNN McMAINS (BONE & INK PRESS)

Posted on February 11, 2021February 10, 2021 by ankletops

REVIEW: WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP – JESSIE LYNN McMAINS (BONE & INK PRESS)

They are unafraid to show the awfulness and bitterness, old beliefs and traditions, terrible acts inflicted by the people who inhabit the snowy state.

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S2/EP1: Open Book.

Posted on February 11, 2021April 7, 2021 by bradleygalimore

Random analogies and metaphors,
Simple words and phrases,
Digestible poetry…
Combo meals,
Popular for mass consumption.
I desire none of that.

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REVIEW: SENTIMENTAL VIOLENCE — GABRIELLE HOGAN (GHOST CITY PRESS)

Posted on January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 by Whitney Hansen

REVIEW: SENTIMENTAL VIOLENCE — GABRIELLE HOGAN (GHOST CITY PRESS)

As we all know, though, joy does not exist without violence — not for Tonya, and not for any of us.

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#TPQ5: SAMUEL ADEYEMI

Posted on January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 by Christopher Margolin

#TPQ5: SAMUEL ADEYEMI
What will Samuel Adeyemi include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

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“WHICH REQUIRES ME TO BEND LANGUAGE TO MY WILL” – TALK TO ME: TAYLOR BYAS

Posted on January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 by Mordecai Martin

“WHICH REQUIRES ME TO BEND LANGUAGE TO MY WILL” – TALK TO ME: TAYLOR BYAS

I absolutely code switch because there isn’t an aspect of my life that doesn’t request that sort of labor from me. It’s built into my life, and therefore it manifests in my poetry. – Taylor Byas

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REVIEW: THE GULL AND THE BELL TOWER – KARI FLICKINGER (FEMME SALVÈ BOOKS/ANIMAL HEART PRESS)

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Christopher Margolin

REVIEW: THE GULL AND THE BELL TOWER – KARI FLICKINGER (FEMME SALVÈ BOOKS/ANIMAL HEART PRESS)

We never really escape our own disasters. In fact, “owning them is an irredeemable trait”. It’s unsettling, it’s frightening, but it does turn glass to stone. It does, however, create beauty.

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REVIEW: CAPABLE MONSTERS – MARLIN M. JENKINS (BULL CITY PRESS)

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Christopher Margolin

REVIEW: CAPABLE MONSTERS – MARLIN M. JENKINS (BULL CITY PRESS)

What I’ve learned is that sometimes you need to crawl within your shell to gain the power to face the rest of the world, and sometimes you need a Mewtwo to get you there.

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POWER OF POETRY #47: CHELSEA DINGMAN

Posted on June 25, 2019June 25, 2019 by Christopher Margolin

Today, writing this in a parking lot while my son gets ready for a hockey game, I have the word “miracle” stuck in my throat. But, poetry is not the miracle. Life is. And poetry has allowed me to embrace that.

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POWER OF POETRY #40: “THE MEMORY OF TRADITION” ANGELA GABRIELLE FABUNAN

Posted on May 7, 2019May 8, 2019 by Christopher Margolin

I believe the intensity of a poem, the dense nature of a line, the possibilities of syntax, and all aspects that make up a poem work together to become a fitting medium for tragedy.

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REVIEW: THE SEA THAT BECKONED – ANGELA GABRIELLE FABUNAN (PLATYPUS PRESS)

Posted on April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 by Christopher Margolin

It’s the push-and-pull of one language and culture erasing the other; it’s the beauty and decay of both. It’s the changes that feel like too much change. The Sea that Beckoned is the tightrope walk between being ourselves and the self we may yet become.

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POWER OF POETRY #35: “Dreams/Facts” – Matthew Mayfield

Posted on April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 by Christopher Margolin

POWER OF POETRY #35: “Facts/Dreams” – Matthew Mayfield: “….I strive to be that ONE person who keeps you closer to Life and
one step away from the trigger.”

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POWER OF POETRY #34: “Some Slightly Connected Thoughts on Crafted Vulnerability, Stage Fright, Beauty, and Gratitude” – STEVIE EDWARDS

Posted on October 5, 2015October 5, 2015 by Christopher Margolin

I am trying to write poems that stand inside of uncertainty and still find things to praise. And I don’t think it matters if I praise my sore legs that keep walking me home from work each night, or if I praise the relief of night rain in my first Carolinian July, or if I praise an idea of a home I miss, or if I praise the mild infection in my right nipple for not being cancer, or if I praise my friend who has stomach cancer but keeps living beyond the rational limits doctors have suggested—it is all praising living. It is all beholding the terrible beautiful uncertainty of being human and saying thank you. I don’t think there’s anything more beautiful than gratitude, and poetry helps me to access it.

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INTERVIEW: Taylor Mali is Metaphorically Yours.

Posted on May 23, 2013June 24, 2019 by Christopher Margolin

Taylor Mali is one of the best known poets of the last decade. He’s been a part of seven national slam poet teams, four of which have won the competition. He spent nine years as a middle school teacher, and worked to create 1000 teachers through poetry, finally hitting the mark in April of 2012….

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