Art of the Week: Suzanne Rancourt’s evocative “Whose Mouth Do I Speak With”
Credit: Dawnland Voices Whose Mouth Do I Speak With by Suzanne Rancourt I can remember my father bringing home spruce gum. He worked in the woods and filled his pockets …
Art of the Week: Ariana Brown’s fiery spoken word poem Dear White Girls in my Spanish Class
By Alliance Communications Coordinator Amy Durr Ariana Brown’s spoken word poem Dear White Girls in My Spanish Class recounts a searing memory of white high school students trivializing Spanish class. …
Art of the Week: Funny and heartbreaking Problems with Hurricanes by Victor Hernández Cruz
Problems with Hurricanes by Victor Hernández Cruz A campesino looked at the air And told me: With hurricanes it’s not the wind or the noise or the water. I’ll tell …
Art of the Week: Beginners by Denise Levertov
Beginners by Denise Levertov Dedicated to the memory of Karen Silkwood and Eliot Gralla “From too much love of living, Hope and desire set free, Even the weariest river Winds …
Art of the Week: Amanda Gorman’s heart-aching Hymn For The Hurting
National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, best known for her Presidential Inauguration poem The Hill We Climb, wrote Hymn for the Hurting shortly after the mass shooting in Uvalde, TX …
Art of the Week: If you think I’m not beautiful by Jennifer Winterstein
If you think I’m not beautiful by Jennifer Winterstein Writestone@Hotmail.com If you think I’m not beautiful, then you simply aren’t looking hard enough. If you think my eyes don’t sparkle, …