Art
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia April 19, 2023
Street Sense vendors host poetry slam
Street Sense Media vendors read their work aloud at a poetry slam at Planet Word.
ArtBy Chris Cole April 12, 2023
Distractions from destiny
I’m over the moon you seefor I’ve been seeing signs.Signs of what “could be”or what “will be” if only Igive…
ArtBy Carlton Johnson April 12, 2023
The taking of the new
The taking of the hold lifewith no says to comelife is filled with newholding out on somethingfor all to see…
ArtBy Erica Downing April 12, 2023
Control
Forgiveness is for you, not for themVictim or survivor is a mindsetShift accountability for your actions on events past, victimLetting…
ArtBy Phillip Black April 12, 2023
If you wanna
If you wanna do something you’ve never done, you have to become someone you’ve never been. No matter what you…
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 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 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…
Vendor ProfileBy Alexia Partouche April 12, 2023
‘You’ve got to draw, dude’: Akindele Akerejah on his artistic process
The glossy wrapper of a white Kit Kat is layered over a colored pencil drawing of the titular candy bar….
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 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 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 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 James Davis April 5, 2023
Like a Street Sense vendor
I’ve been walking these streets all mornSinging the same ole song.I know every crack in thesedirty sidewalks of D.C.I’ve been…
ArtBy Chon Gotti April 5, 2023
Sweet calmness
In the stillness of the nightwhen the world is calm and quiet,I hear the whisper of the starsand the rhythm…
ArtBy Frederic John March 29, 2023
Staff coffee
A new piece by Frederic John.
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