Writing

Urban Fiction Should Be In High Schools And Colleges by Shawn Hudson [Poetic Thoughts #3]

Urban fiction is a genre of African-American literature that depicts the trials and tribulations that people of color, particularly Black folks that live in the inner city, have…

To the Girl Who Told Me I’ll Never Be a Poet by Ron Riekki

That’s like telling me I’ll never be a corpse.
 Or that I’ll never be a swimming pool.
 I am a corpse swimming pool.
 I’m a salesman.
 Worse.
 I’m a poet.
 She thinks she’s one too,
 except she quit.
 I haven’t seen a poem come…

Our first issue is out!

The literary landscape is a minefield. At nearly every step, hacks abound, their poor prose and tired ideas leaving…

Call for submissions!

Dear readers,

we decided to use this Wednesday’s post to invite all of you to submit your…

Wonder Wednesday: Giuseppe Ungaretti

Some Wednesdays, we just like to spin some classics. Today, the great Italian poet Giuseppe Ungaretti deserves the spotlight with three soul-opening poems.

Destiny is a sharp blade

by Scott Wozniak

I had to
break down
the door
more
than once.
 
I had to
hide
kitchen
knives
for safety.
 
We drank,
fought,
shot drugs,
and fucked.
 
One night
her hand
went through
plate glass
as I slammed
the front door
behind me,
slitting her…

Say You Will Remember Me, A Poem For St. Valentine, and The Rawest Shit You Ever Did Eat

By: Ben John Smith

Say You Will Remember Me
 I always wrote poems 
 But I never told anyone 
 That I wrote poems 
 But one time when I was…

Amerika, Dog Piss, and Nasty Monkey

By: Catfish McDaris

Amerika
Turquoise roaches killing iridescent 
fleas on bloated carp, flying monkeys
and beavers in a woodpile, saber
tooth tigers, and Eskimo snow ninjas