Seeing Out National Poetry Month
As National Poetry Month draws to a close, we thought we’d leave you with some voices from around the world. THE JOURNEY Margaret Reckord, Jamaica Moon-soaked she emitted a cold radiance that made all who loved her leave her alone As well they might – hers was the single silver track upmountain to the moon. […]
Olivia Gatwood Poetry
In honor of National Poetry Month, our Women’s Wednesday post this last week featured Olivia Gatwood. For this week’s blog, we offer you the first poem of hers that our founder ever heard – so profoundly impacted, she immediately purchased Ms. Gatwood’s collection, “New American Best Friend” and can’t recommend it highly enough. Check out […]
What We Never Learn, or Why “Battlestar Galactica” should be required viewing
By Leah S. Abrams What I hope is that we learned, learned so very much, about how to make a different world rather than the familiar, severely broken one, how to live up to the promise of our species. But we have been here before. Nothing, except maybe The Big Bang, and probably not even […]
Days of Covid: Empty Springside Hill
By Leah S. Abrams Clove cigarettes the scent of them wafting on breath of breeze tasting like dreamy memory pure delight of small human in its natural habitat outdoors the constants the guaranteed smile makes you PAUSE Breathe deep Become aware of the world that is beyond the world In childhood nothing so sweet as […]
Obituary
A poem by Jamie Rosler I hold grudges Or maybe they hold me Time and again I remember The things I didn’t say The points I didn’t make The wrongs I didn’t right Or you didn’t Or we Forgiveness without an apology Forgive you For me Old friends & ex-lovers visit dreams Surreal impossibilities and […]
3 Questions for your “Coronaversary
By Gabbi Traub I recently read an article about the three questions you should ask yourself for your “Coronaversary.” The author also mentioned how the term “Coronaversary” wasn’t quite the right term considering it’s not something to celebrate, and I happen to agree. But there isn’t a better word for “the one-year mark for when […]
Pivoting During the Pandemic
By Chrissy Brooks Chrissy Brooks is a San Francisco Bay Area wife, mother of 2, actress, singer, dancer & blogger. Check her out at: chrissybrooks.com On March 13, 2020, amidst the settling of the bleach-like powder in the audience seats, sprayed earlier in the day by men in white medical grade suits in an effort to […]
Finding the G_d in Small Things
By Dylan Goodman “When we begin to experience the sacred in our everyday lives we bring to mundane tasks a quality of concentration and engagement that lifts the spirit.” – bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions I can mark the changes of a year’s worth of living alone in quarantine by the abundance of […]
An Understanding of Basic Finance Born From a Global Pandemic
By Gyasi N. Barber After thinking about the racial wealth disparity in the United States between Black people and White people, I knew I couldn’t just keep this knowledge for myself. After all, according to the Economic Policy Institute, the median household wealth for White people is $134,230, compared to $11,030 for Black people. I’m […]
The Artist’s Power & Joy
By Leah S. Abrams If you are an art enthusiast or a casual fan of the visual arts of any kind, this is the time to be in NYC. This is unlikely what you’d think in the midst of a pandemic that has been unbearably destructive to the arts and cultural organizations around the world, […]