poetry
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Arts and Creative
Big Thief’s ‘Not’: Finding definition for the elusive sense of self
At the core of Lenker’s lyricism, you can’t just be defined by any single aspect of your appearance— you surpass…
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Ms. Lauryn Hill and What Could Have Been
“But deep in my heart, the answer, it was in me/ And I made up my mind to define my…
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About a Fool
The "Idiot" grapples with the ontology of beauty, its metaphorical and physical significance, twirls one around, causing oscillation between passionate…
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Sestina for a Stray
She scours her face with polished, reddened claws— / Her cheeks scratched red to match, that drain to fair.
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how many more // Our People, Our Stories
you heard it here first—we "cannot emotionally accept" your dirty, foul money, the history of your military enslavement still reeks…
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Over the Summer, My Trainer Said
...like a flesh-laced corset; let breath be the needle with which / you stitch yourself whole again.
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Miguk/미국 (Měiguó/美国), you Master Manipulator
Miguk, you Master Manipulator/ Your strategically curated narrative/ Is the Lethe of our people
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I. How
“cunning embers still dance on your grave, relentless, carving ground and kissing dripping amber skies with tongue”
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Dark Blood
When the sun shines the day's eye blinds you./Blue-black violet blood/The night, lies behind you.
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Si Me Ves Llorar
Us being left alone is not something of desire or frequency; cook and clean and clean and cook and stand…
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