(Inspired by Beloved & Sula by Toni Morrison) Me. washed & burned, pulverized. Me eroded, crushed Me. fine speck Me, dust powder Me. caked up, slathered Me.… Read more “Mirror”
Author: Sasha Smith
Writer
The Poetry Project’s 43rd Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Benefit Reading
The New Year’s Day Marathon is the Project’s largest fundraiser and provides support for what we do best — serve as a public venue for the substantial… Read more “The Poetry Project’s 43rd Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Benefit Reading”
i hear america singing.
i hear america singing. i heard them howl with sun nipped skin, caught the chorus at the tree, where her kids called me a nigger and hung… Read more “i hear america singing.”
cat whisker love
i love the way love lingers on the edges of white cat whiskers as if to say, catch me. catch all of me. no you can’t. fuck… Read more “cat whisker love”
Rat King
A brief election inspired Shakespeare-Trump play for my Shakespeare Lit Class ACT l. SCENE I. A desert place. Enter three journalists FIRST JOURNALIST (MSNBC) When shall we… Read more “Rat King”
Emerge-Surface-Be Fellowship!!!
In this fourth year of the Emerge – Surface – Be Fellowship, we were thrilled and honored to have approximately 100 applications. The range and depth of… Read more “Emerge-Surface-Be Fellowship!!!”
Summer Aubade
crushed gnats, butterflies, cicadas shells, a juiceless dragonfly a hoard of buzzes, a hoard of horse flies, clinching limbs snapping door screens “So this is the morning… Read more “Summer Aubade”
Average of Revolutions
The Average of Revolutions is an era of fallacy an error – no less, of philanthropic tapestry. And though the curtains – drawn, tied by titans, who… Read more “Average of Revolutions”
July Readings Events
I’m just giving a brief shout out to anyone in New York, and particularly anyone in the Bronx. I’ll be attending the Bronx Blaqlist’s Third Thursday Open… Read more “July Readings Events”
The Original Trickster
The Original Trickster told me to tell you that when you are told to behave to tell that teller who told you things to fuck off. The… Read more “The Original Trickster”
SASHA SMITH 