Tommy Pico & Sasha Smith Monday, March 13, 2017, 8:00 pm Tommy “Teebs” Pico is the author of IRL (Birds LLC, 2016) and Nature Poem (forthcoming 2017… Read more “Poetry Project Reading: 3/13”
Tag: poetry
rememory
(Inspired by Beloved & Sula by Toni Morrison) being alive is the hard part the rememory: trauma. “… even if I die, the picture of what I… Read more “rememory”
Mirror
(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”
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”
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 