The dream, then: to erupt/ into a sturdier form, like a wild lotus bursting into// its tantrum of blades. Kaveh Akbar What if tantrums are songs that raise our truths, our multitudes, our heart’s desires? What if annihilation makes us buoyant an...

But there are moments, walking, when I catch a glimpse of myself in the window glass,/ say, the window of the corner video store, and I'm gripped by a cherishing so deep/ for my own blowing hair, chapped face, and unbuttoned coat that I'm speechless:...

The right to make my dreams come true,    I ask, nay, I demand of life, From Georgia Douglas Johnson's "Calling Dreams" We have the right to make our dreams come true. What an amazing, hopeful, optimistic, inspiring thought. It reminds me of the...

We have the responsibility to examine what we think we know./ We will not be perfect. This space will not be perfect./ It will not always be what we wish it to be./ But/ It will be our brave space together, and/ We will work on it side by side. Beth ...