Captain W. Russ Webster, USCG (Ret.), CULA 18 Bentley arrived at Portland airport from a Kansas City breeder in utter shambles. He had adapted and endured multiple flights and a baggage transfer, […]
Bentley and Bugs
SMCC is Alive With Poetry Readings
Jessica Spoto April is National Poetry Month. In 1996, the Academy of American Poets started National Poetry month to honor poetry and poets themselves. Throughout April there are numerous venues for poets […]
I, Too
Langston Hughes I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, […]
Not A Weekend Getaway
Rupi Kaur Did you think i was a city big enough for a weekend getaway? I am the town surrounding it, the one you’ve never heard of but always pass through […]
Who Are You
Jack Marcus I am a small poem on a page with room for another. Share with me this white field, wide as an acre of snow, clear but for these tiny markings […]
Fifth Grade Autobiography
Rita Dove I was four in this photograph fishing with my grandparents at a lake in Michigan. My brother squats in poison ivy. His Davy Crockett cap sits squared on his head […]
Mother to Son
Langston Hughes Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. It’s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare. But all […]
Blessed
Jessica Spoto The joy that newly fills her Her entire being radiates love The smile put back on her face That smile that was taken away for so long Her heart filled […]
The Lights
Lydia Libby Side by side, silent are the waves. Pools of pale yellow and white outline their silhouettes. There is a soft impending whisper coming from the wind. Two shadows in the […]
Monday Blues
Jessica Spoto Freezing, cold, drowning in sorrow Numb the pain, it goes away Take the leap of faith tomorrow It’s just another day Growing, progress in a way Letting go just to […]
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