Rent Is Up, Love Remains by Amari Murray
Amari Murray. Photo submitted by the poet. Rent Is Up, Love Remains by Amari Murray The landlord called ita market adjustment. We called it:Where are we supposed to go?The number on the paper climbed higher than anything we could afford. Rent went up.Groceries went up.The electric billlearned new numbers.Everything became more expensive except the thingswe […]
Haikuism: (not) wanting to die by Deborah Olatunji
Deborah Olatunji. Photo submitted by the poet. haikuism: (not) wanting to die by Deborah Olatunji it feels taboo to name it in the moment(s) but you’re sinking deeper than you swam somehow convinced enough people to recognize maybe this is not who Iam the picture of “how are you doing?” glitch between missed hangouts, forgotten […]