“The Art of Sewing” by Alicia Viguer-Espert
This little dress, laced with lofty ideas
of justice, and equality reminds me of
one belonging to a sister I never knew,
hanging at the back of my mothers’ armoire.
Featured Poetry
“Chevron” by David Slavin
His arm was amputated
The heart that pumped his life’s blood, stopped
The last sale, his only memory
“Ekphrastic poem 1” by Chalat Rajaram
Blue, Green, Grey and White
Of time, space, height.
The eyes that perceive light,
Colors within or out of sight.
Two Poems by LaTanya Coleman-Carter
Judging a book by the cover has proven dangerous
Words used to ignite romance
Now tragedy
Shame cause he knew, could have warned me
“1971” by Jean Hooper
We moved across the gym floor in a phalanx
(This was years before Beyonce’s Formation)
Our dance teacher beat the drum.
“Girls, make your life a dance!” she exhorted.
“Chimes, Heartbeats” by W. Hans Miller
Dropped in the middle
of the canyon
road
just notice, don’t get involved,
blackbirds big as eagles
screaming highwire family
“The Mystery of…Me” by Wade F. Wilson
Curious corvid and wings of blackened ash.
Perch, and ponder this creaking and cracking old wood.
Peck at this firm and brittle door.
See if it will open, and if so,
what more is there to behold?
“See feel change” by Gerda Govine
I look at your beautiful face
curiosity on tip toes
inside your closed eyelids shadows images color
live in darkness
tapestry stories woven by ancestors nourish
“Literate” by S. Pearl Sharp
We did library
Monday Thursday
certain like sunrise
the paper card a passport
expire pocket glued to The End
Two Poems by Radomir Luza
Crimson skies
Battered by Southern rain
Like empty clouds
Fueled by Northern pain