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National Poetry Month

  • Read by Carrie FountainWhen the ice starts to shiver,When the fire starts to fade,When all the water's in the river,When you finally get paid.The world…
  • My dreams are different patterns hidden in thread throughout a fabricThat hides them from my fading memory.They are no longer the bright, rich colors of a…
  • I feel as thoughThe whole we onceThought we wereHas been shattered,Yet still tethered together with invisible tape.Over time the shattered shardsHave been…
  • It’d be a drought,
the cracked ground we walk on,the beating sun pushing us down.“But it rained a couple of times,”they tell us, while the heat
is…
  • Read by Sara HickmanWe walk into Mother's cafe like we usually doAnd hear the waiter from behind the counter that’s blue,He says, “I’ll be right with…
  • Read by Ebony StewartThe soft sound of hands brushing eraser shavingsOff the paperThe clicking of pensThe sound of crinkling paperThe squeaking of rubber…
  • Read by Carrie FountainBefore I bury my head In yet another bookfilled with magic and mythical monsters,I sigh, for I have a wishThat can only come trueIn…
  • Read by Zell Miller IIII am a ponyInside of me is disgustingOutside of me is beautifulAnd I have 1 leg andNo face and500 hearts and1 body and1,000,000…
  • Read by Ebony StewartEarth is perfectEarth is prettyWe have a world to ourselves but you really want to share it
  • Read by Rabbi Neil BlumofeAs we driveI see birdshigh in the sky.I close my eyes and imagineI am a birdflying all the way to Mexico.I can taste the chamoy…