Tagged: society
Society is a broad topic if not the broadest. Here we include articles on social, economical and political issues as well as literary works that engage those issues.
Mindfulness
Poem Emotions pouring like honey I breathe I breathe in the sunshine I breathe in the moon light I breathe the fresh air blowing across the bright light Radiating positivism, irradiating lies ....
High Rises
Poem High rises grow from the city like weeds. Concrete is supple soil if the gardener is nurturing and ruthless. Living things need both to blossom. The fruit the buildings bare drips down...
Addictions
Poem Givens: things you can’t subtract -and those you won’t. Time was needle-sharp when new to separate skins. Each longs for unadulterated blood: the fresh pink veins of childhood’s girl, the blue of...
Would You Care
Poem A little princess floats aimlessly, skiing from cloud to cloud. She watches earthlings down below, busy chasing trends. Endless cycles to the ends of the world. Girls yearn to be stick thin...
POC Problems
Spoken Word Every person of color’s favorite question to be asked is: “What are you?” “WHAT am I?” Well, I can be whatever you want me to be, baby. Nah, let me tell...
The Baker, The Butcher and The Brewer, Part Three – The Butcher 11
Serial Fiction Novel ‘The heart is like a coral, once touched by the hand of men it changes forever. It takes a turn and a new direction. New normal.’ She narrated as if...
The Baker, The Butcher and The Brewer, Part One: The Baker 37
Serial Fiction Novel By the time he passed these thoughts between his ears he was on the station platform waiting for the train. Waiting is something he was not used to. He had lived...
Reflexivity
I set out to write a poem, and turned out a cliché; a pretty little cliché, like a rose but a little better than just a rose; not a red rose — like a...