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Articles by Jennifer Sakarian
To become beautiful again
Poetry by Jennifer Sakarian • February 18, 2021 Earth things Oh mother Let me breathe in Your believed Sex Your fertile Microcosm of Earth thigs, earth things Sweet sensuality I was born Of your sap And drank from Your womb And wounds So I could become As I am, Earth Thing.
When your first "Forever" ends...
Poetry by Kalion Kava • December 18, 2019 My forever is bruised. Hands that were meant to love; loved someone else. My forever is skeptical. Lips that spoke vows; spewed lies with just as much ease. My forever is cautious. Knots that were tied; became frayed before unraveling entirely. My forever is timid. Dreams that were shared; turned to nightmares in the dark.
It starts with the heart
Poetry by Shanelle Franceschi • December 17, 2019 They say some of the leading causes of death for black people is health issues and police brutality But what they don’t tell you Is that in reality Many other factors play a part What they don’t talk about is the heart The heart has been killing us from the start We have kids we don’t want and put them in the system Letting them grow up feeling abandoned and unloved We have single parents playing both roles Leaving children feeling empty and...
Magic | Harness Magazine
Poetry by Concetta Hardnett • December 17, 2019 Our black is beautiful It’s not just a color It’s us as a whole supporting each other You don’t know the magic The whispers of our name Just like storms We have overcame People used us Abused us Back fifty years ago They thought they ruled us Then when we had a team Who had a dream Should I remind you his name Dr. Martin Luther King He was the one with the dream The one with education He helped with the movement To put an end to segregation He...
Will I talk quietly into tall grasses?
Poetry by Jennifer Sakarian • December 17, 2019 Underworld (after Robert Macfarlane) Ocean eyes And rocks that tell us Of the secrets of the times Our movies And memories From when we were a part of Something simpler Fossilized intentions Carry our history to Be left uncovered While glacial ice Recedes back like The hair line of My lover Your brother His father Ancient bubbles that Sparkle and shine Encapsulating Air from other worlds And other times Underwater Underworld Lost in deep time...
i'm trying to be softer
Poetry by Sydney Dennison • December 17, 2019 thought; today/ this is an invitation to be softer. to be softer- or you can harden. it’s your choice. i’m trying to be softer ironically, that the more i snap at the world for not bending to me, the more the world snaps underneath me learning, that no one but me is trying to make my life harder breathing into the idea that, it’s me. it’s always been me.
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