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ArtBy Carlos Carolina April 12, 2023
Fall
Settle for nothing and want it all,Is how every great man seems to fall,Though falling isn’t the part that hurts…
ArtBy Kym Parker April 12, 2023
The reason
I have something to say.When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I see is that I am…
ArtBy Michele Rochon April 12, 2023
God’s promotion and a man’s rejection for righteousness’ sake
Cold-blooded attacks for no reasonRemnants of graveyard experiences, oh,Our dry bones liveThese dry bones will liveNo graveyard experiences offer a…
ArtBy Greta Christian April 12, 2023
Kid songs
Some songs are badWhen they sing a songThey’re cursing in their songThey sing like it’s a sex song Kids should…
ArtBy Jackie Turner April 12, 2023
Memory is translucent
When you’re young it’s not as though eight and nine-year-olds can remember events that happened when they were two or…
ArtBy Vennie Hill Bracey April 12, 2023
My second relapse
I was in the same program, about three and a half years ago. I graduated. Came home, and got into…
ArtBy Frederic John April 12, 2023
Syllabus
What shall our curriculum be today?Shall it lay trivial or profound,“Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,”Or “John Brown lieth moldering…
ArtBy Mars April 5, 2023
Let’s make gumbo
As winter prepares to leave us and April gives way to showers, the north wind and its chill can no…
ArtBy Redbook Mango April 5, 2023
Lucky charm
Lucky CharmSecond chanceTo disalarmProcrastination sudden harmFalse alert it wasOn my armWhere the hell is myLucky charm?
ArtBy Warren Stevens April 5, 2023
St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day was on March 17. Groups, couples, and families got together to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, wearing green…
ArtBy Kym Parker April 5, 2023
A gift
When we wake up in the morning, that’s a gift.When we eat, it is a gift.When we pray and love,…
ArtBy Yolanda Armstrong April 5, 2023
Love language
When I was in school, I enjoyed learning and writing English and Spanish. I love learning the alphabet, numbers and…
ArtBy Levester Green April 5, 2023
I call that the Charlie Brown effect
“I hate when I repeat an outfit and see the same people in it” — Taylor Morgan I call that…
ArtBy Queenie Featherstone April 5, 2023
Your vice
I’m choking on your cigarette smoke,Standing in line (outdoors, of course)You smoke, I chokeWalking behind you, blowing cigarette smoke, I…
ArtBy Corey Sanders April 5, 2023
My clock
I’m losing it — time, that is. Before you know it time will pass you by. One day, you’re young;…
ArtBy Marc Grier April 5, 2023
Change
Martin Luther King fought for many necessary changes in this world — like the right for us to vote. Also,…
ArtBy Jackie Turner April 5, 2023
Their faith gave me grace
I have a friend who talks about God and how he helps people all the time. I believe in God….
ArtBy Degnon Dovonou April 5, 2023
Don’t give up, but keep it up
Sometimes, time will arriveAnd you’ll feel alone.Life is more the journey than the destinationOf course, you’ll always planto go to…
ArtBy Daniel Ball April 5, 2023
Selling Street Sense
ne of my friends asked me, how long have you been selling papers for Street Sense? I said before your…
ArtBy Abel Putu April 5, 2023
My thoughts
We need to get wheelchair basketball in more parts of D.C. This is very serious. When I go out and…
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