A People’s Historian
By Kenneth Carrollwho will come to tell us what we know
that the king’s clothes are soiled with
the history of our blood and sweat
Calling poets to a greater role in public life and fostering a national network of socially engaged poets.
By Kenneth Carrollwho will come to tell us what we know
that the king’s clothes are soiled with
the history of our blood and sweat
By Lori DesrosiersI was the wrong kind of bride,
more sweat than glisten,
more peach than pomegranate.
By Philip MetresIn the green beginning,
in the morning mist,
they emerge from their chrysalis
By Andrea GibsonThis is for the possibility that guides us
and for the possibilities still waiting to sing
and spread their wings inside us
By Jeffrey McDanielOn the red-eye from Seattle, a two-year-old
in the seat behind me screeches
his miniature guts out.
By Allison Adelle Hedge CokeAmerica, I sing back. Sing back what sung you in.
Sing back the moment you cherished breath.
Sing you home into yourself and back to reaso