Poems in June
Where spoken words fail, written poetry soars. My favorite pieces this month were born out of Clint Smith, Sam Sax, Nayyirah Waheed, and others through…
Poems in May
I love poems. I follow dozens of poets on Twitter and subscribe to the Poetry Foundation and poets.org so I can stay up to date…
Poems in March
In a perfect world, I would summon Zora Neale Hurston’s Truths and spout poetic beauty every day. Poetry contains the only words I truly believe…
My Favorite Spoken Word Poetry
Poetry is often seen as difficult to understand, scary or intimidating. Shakespeare’s sonnets often come to mind when people say they don’t like poetry. However,…
My Current Favorite Poems
I discovered a passion for poetry in my senior AP English class after reading pieces from Claudia Rankine, Bukowski and song lyrics. It was in…