Jul 02
The Contract Says: We’d Like the Conversation to be Bilingual by Ada Limón When you come, bring your brown-ness so we can be sure to please the funders. Will you check thisbox; we’re applying for a grant. Do you have any poems that speakto troubled teens? Bilingual is best. Would you like to come to …
Jul 01
My America (For Hugh Downs) by Nikki Giovanni Not a bad country…neither the best nor the worst…just a placewe call home…and we open the door…to the tired and thepoor…to the huddled masses yearning…to be free…to thosein need…because we need…to be needed Not a bad country…but adolescently indifferent…with timerunning out…on our innocence Not a bad country…but …
Jul 01
It Was Summer Now and the Colored People Came Out Into the Sunshine by Morgan Parker They descend from the boat two by two. The gap in Angela Davis’s teeth speaks to the gap in James Baldwin’s teeth. The gap in James Baldwin’s teeth speaks to the gap in Malcolm X’s Teeth. The gap in …
Jun 30
Highflown:Love by Eugene B. Redmond In the highflown languageOf moon travelersSocial Scientists sort our hurts—Add their smog-crippled vision—And rearrange our private painsAlong the Wall Street of current demands:And my people become theCocaine that makes America high:Become dreamsAmerica sucks through maniacal straws of sleep;Discounting our lore,The scientists say we cannot love say our needs are …
Jun 29
Greetings, MoSt Poetry members! Thank you for considering sharing the poetry you find especially moving, inspiring, or amazing by Poets of Color. This group includes Black poets, but also Indigenous/Native American poets, Hispanic/Chicano/Latinx poets, and poets of Middle Eastern, East Indian, and Asian descent. We are sharing this poetry on the MoSt Facebook page (and …
