Spider Solitaire by Sara Clancy Against protocol, the red queen follows the black king. The tactic is to uncover hidden resolve and I focus on the comforting binary of winning. Move the three of clubs and start a run that... Continue Reading →
Outsourced by Joe Depczynski Today I said to sell the car, yesterday the bike. Wednesday I told you we have no money. The mortgage will go unpaid. Mom works like a slave, her eyes have gone dark, her skin pale,... Continue Reading →
Divorce By Mathias Nelson Darkness is laid out on my brother’s couch, eyes wide to the ceiling, listening to the house’s guts. Children are asleep upstairs. Their fists beat the walls in dreamy anger. I am alone downstairs. The toilet... Continue Reading →
UCSB Professor Francisco Lomeli interviews The Taco Shop Poets, a group of guerilla-type poets who began literally in the streets near taco shops in San Diego. Realizing that poetry could be shared openly as a form of immediate, on the... Continue Reading →
Pop-Up Poets reading in the NYC Subway. Film by Ram Devineni. Featuring Jon Sands
The Sea Monster in Holmes Bay by Sara Clancy Look for it from Lucy's window on an autumn day and what you see instead is mist, though you are sure the creature is more than mad allegory, a fable passed... Continue Reading →
Poetry Breakfast 