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I WANT A GOD WHOSE HEAVEN IS GOLDEN

by Davon Clark November 11, 2020November 15, 2020
Color Photographic Portrait of Dr. Tara Betts
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Dr. Whirlwind: Poet, Editor, and Educator Dr. Tara Betts Speaks Her Truth

by AV Benford August 5, 2020August 6, 2020
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Sestina for the Looting of the Black Body

by AV Benford June 9, 2020June 10, 2020
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It’s National Poetry Month!

by South Side Weekly April 14, 2020April 15, 2020
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Seltzer Water Sounds Like the Ocean

by Manuel Guerrero August 9, 2019September 15, 2019
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poem for us

by McKenzie Chinn August 8, 2019September 15, 2019
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Halsted St., Midnight

by Sam Kepp August 8, 2019September 15, 2019
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here i am at the National Portrait Gallery

by McKenzie Chinn August 8, 2019September 15, 2019
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Wedding Garden Ditty

by W.E. Pierce August 8, 2019September 15, 2019
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A Room For Rishi

by O.A. Fraser August 8, 2019September 15, 2019

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