By Mary Anna Kruch

I breathe out, have need to draw air in
as grief meets loss of life again --
deaths rooted in ruthlessness 
brutality     bias     ignorance.
I proclaim Injustice!
long to sweep away silence 

By Mary Ellen Talley

Before each Super Bowl, the prop bets

set odds how long the National Anthem 

will run. Gladys Knight scored her song 

at 1 min 47 sec in 2019, but Lady Gaga’s

rendition clocked in at 2 min 20 sec in 2016.

By Keith Holyoak

The thousand-year dynasty will it flourish?

Last of the dragon line cracks the sky
He roars where storm clouds swell
Look to the heavens and remember
Kingdoms rise and fall

By Leopoldo Seguel

I am tired of educating white people
But I am white and that’s part of the job          
For inside I feel Mapuche spirit
Mapuche, who were never defeated by the Incas or Spaniards
Mapuche still fighting the occupiers of their land