by Rica G. | May 6, 2021 | Poetry, Spoken Word
i ain’t got this poem in me i got drafts and snippets and thoughts and feelings and i conclude that i ain’t got this poem in me. i’ve wasted ink and pages and time in my many failed attempts to write this piece heads up, it ain’t clean there is...
by BEx | Apr 12, 2021 | Personalities, Poetry, Spoken Word
Since it’s poetry month, we reached out to our friend (and BEx author) Tara-Elizabeth Downs with a simple challenge: recall the first time you fell in love with poetry. Here’s the brilliant response we got. Falling in love with poetry was like having...
by Rica G. | May 30, 2020 | Poetry, Spoken Word
this piece is for di yutes abroad sharpening their tongues in their mother’s ears, vibrantly joking among cousins, listening to songs played over sound systems, not on their local radio stations for those of wi who dance with recollection in our hips our...