Twitter Poetry Contest
2019 Winners
Anthem
We, of the overbearing bosses, the sovereign bosses hovering over our desks, we, just looking to advance our careers, or seeking guidance, a leg up, we, the young, the naïve, the beautiful, we, who misconstrue a dinner or drink invitation as part of the job, we, good workers, wanting only to please— confuse our hope […]
A diaspora gives birth
Like a whisper caressing the back of our necks/ kissing a line connecting sporadic wisps of hair / that’s how we feel it / a promise of a home we ever got to claim / made from bricks the color of earth / as deep and rich and brown as our skin. We let our […]
