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ArtBy Carlton Johnson September 7, 2022
Under attack
Fighting back, while under attackI need to be off the streets.Looking for a place for me, homelessnessIs in route, coming…
Forward
Now is the time to move on, goWith the thought of exploringLife on the creative side of town
ArtBy Darlesha Joyner September 7, 2022
Kindergarten
Looking forward to my lil kindergartener learning and having fun exploring around. I’m looking forward to my child going on…
ArtBy Warren Stevens September 7, 2022
A letter to Street Sense Media
Summer is coming to an end in the middle of September. Labor Day is around the corner. People will be…
ArtBy Levester Green September 7, 2022
Amends, appendixes and asterisks
Technology has made a whole world of difference in my life. I used to never be able to get any…
ArtBy Michele Rochon September 7, 2022
Life can be your buffet table
A caterpillar walks on its backEvolves into a beautiful butterflyGrows four wingsColorfulA caterpillar walks on its back
ArtBy Donté Turner September 7, 2022
Everywhere
I look to my right, no one’s thereI look to my left, no one’s there.I turn to look behind me,…
ArtBy Don L. Gardner September 7, 2022
Time
Ever moving with no end,Will you fall behind?Who created theTick tock Running by the second,Does anyone reckonA plan has been…
ArtBy Jeffrey Carter August 31, 2022
Love is the way
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said that “love is the force that binds us all together. He believed in something…
ArtBy Jeffery McNeil August 31, 2022
Sadness
While I savor victories as I enter middle age, I feel a sadness for those I tried to save but…
ArtBy James Davis August 31, 2022
Skinny poem
I’m not as big as I used to beI bought a pair of skinny jeans —Didn’t know if I could…
ArtBy Eric Glover August 31, 2022
We are one
Abraham Lincoln once said it best. A house divided against itself cannot stand. This article is about being one as…
ArtBy Frederic John August 31, 2022
Equus Continuum
When I’van it tothe laurel race,a faint smile breaksacross my face.It isn’t need or greedthose thoughts might impedemy sheer joy…
ArtBy Chris Cole August 31, 2022
Not this time
They say your past predicts your futureWell, I beg to differI know where I’ve been, and I’m not going backYou…
ArtBy Jackie Turner August 31, 2022
Tantrum!
A lot of people say that you have tantrums because you are selfish or out of control, which is why…
ArtBy Darlesha Joyner August 31, 2022
New baby
I’m excited for my baby girl Marie who will hopefully arrive in March. This is my sixth child. At 31,…
ArtBy Robert Warren August 31, 2022
Believe
Someone asked me what I believe. I said, it’s in the unseen. Human beings are capable of doing amazing and…
ArtBy Kym Parker August 31, 2022
Freedom
We know what it is and we knowhow it makes us feel.Freedom.What we are blessed to be.Freedom.When we wake up…
ArtBy Daniel Ball August 31, 2022
Street Sense
I like to share with my Street Sense brothers and sisters at least five days a week. Sometimes we talk…
ArtBy Queenie Featherstone August 31, 2022
Be gone you, Monkeypox!
Monkeypox! We’ll contain you in a box.You’re spreading yourself around, trying to sicken us all.But doctors, nurses, and vaccines are…
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