
AMERICA (Lives Paid For In Bullets)
By Joe Musso
every mass shooting is prophecy for the next one
there is always a next one
bright yellow ribbons up and down my street
wrapped around telephone poles
hugging trees
one spiraling free in the breeze over the Bay
and silence, nothing but silence
Mirror On The Wall
By Narayan Rajan
Truthful to a fault is the mirror on the wall,
Every wrinkle, scar and wart, it shows all.
Could it speak, what might it not tell
About thoughts heard feelings revealed?


poetry posture
By c.r. glasgow
locs tied
alternate Roots
binding bastards bound for broken
branches of the ancestor tree.

Divine Ebony
By Milen Aklilu
Man Raven
And hazen Man
Divinity exists in Ebony
Evidence of a fine Omen
Warring for a freedom stolen by thieves
Insulted by the humanity we birthed
Taking our might back from Steves
Heroes of our own unearthed

A planet is dreaming
By Cheryl Caesar
In the last battle,
humans fire seeds for bullets:
make compost for trees.