Poetry Archives – Page 2 of 6 – Scalawag

belly of the beast

sleeping in the belly of the beast

by Moonbow Reign December 13, 2024December 12, 2024

Another Nakba

On the Eve of yet another Nakba, a Dream

by George Abraham September 11, 2024September 10, 2024

memory work

Memory Work

by Rasha Abdulhadi September 11, 2024September 10, 2024

Future Street

Dying on Future Street

by Rasha Abdulhadi September 11, 2024September 10, 2024

In the Open Air

Love Letter From A Poet Under Empire

by mónica teresa ortiz September 5, 2024September 5, 2024

Saul Williams

In The Open Air: Saul Williams on Breathing, Reading, and Resisting

by Aurielle Marie September 3, 2024September 3, 2024

a list of things i did this summer

a list of things i did this summer

by Aarohi Sheth May 29, 2024May 29, 2024

Pothole

Pothole

by Jack Morillo May 29, 2024May 31, 2024

Giving Jim Grace

Giving Jim Grace

by Joshua Burton May 29, 2024May 31, 2024

East End Preserve, Galveston TX

by Maha Abdelwahab May 29, 2024May 29, 2024

Rejecting cynical narratives of the South

Rejecting cynical narratives of the South

by Trey Washington May 17, 2024May 17, 2024

Dark Matter, a sestina poem by Kelsey Smoot, is a complicating and uncompromising ode to Black womxn, exploring reflexes and returns of gender.

"Dark Matter": A poem for grief & other loves

by Kelsey Smoot July 25, 2023July 25, 2023

"What Things Cost: An anthology for the people." Edited by Rebecca Gayle Howell, Ashley M. Jones and Emily J. Jalloul. Published by The University Press of Kentucky.

An anthology for people over capitalism

by Katherine Webb-Hehn July 19, 2023July 19, 2023

Solitary confinement in maximum security prison

Nightmares & Daydreams: Welcome to maximum security

by Zakaria Amara June 20, 2023September 27, 2023

Kelsey Smoot poetry

'Some girlhoods end in manhood'

by Kelsey Smoot June 14, 2023June 14, 2023

The cover of Destiny Hemphill's latest poetry collection, "motherworld: a devotional for the alter-life."

Altars for the alter-life

by mónica teresa ortiz May 16, 2023November 13, 2023

Black Poetics and the Captive Maternal: Joy James asks poets to confront Black violence, using poetry as a means of survival and liberation.

On the Tensions and (Im)Possibilities of Black Poetics: No Shame, No Devil

by Jon Jon Moore Palacios April 14, 2023November 21, 2023

'I don't want people to judge me by the music that I rap.' How RICO threatens freedom of speech

by Lil Mobb June 22, 2022December 5, 2023

Poetry & Playlists, Mix 04: Alive & Full

by Aurielle Marie April 22, 2022November 30, 2022

Poetry & Playlists, Mix 03: The Spaces Between

by mónica teresa ortiz April 15, 2022April 21, 2022

Poetry & Playlists, Mix 02: Rituals

by Alysia Nicole Harris April 8, 2022April 21, 2022

Poetry & Playlists, Mix 01: The Intro

by Scalawag Editors April 1, 2022April 21, 2022

'All my people come from the hills'

by Alysia Nicole Harris January 25, 2022April 7, 2022

SCALAWAG UPDATES

Scalawag's 2021 Jubilee: A southern ass evening of liberatory lit 🎉

by Scalawag Team November 23, 2021November 23, 2021

Queer Black grxl survival in the thick of it all: Aurielle Marie's Gumbo Ya Ya

by Alysia Nicole Harris November 23, 2021April 19, 2022

A Prophet Without Eyes: Pauli Murray's Moment

by Brenna M. Casey April 30, 2021October 6, 2021

Let Black Art Tell It

by Alysia Nicole Harris February 15, 2021February 15, 2021

Poetry from Jericho Brown, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, & Taylor Johnson

by Alysia Nicole Harris December 1, 2020December 3, 2020

Exits from solitude—Poems we need right now

by Alysia Nicole Harris November 27, 2020December 3, 2020

Sasha Rewrites Uhmareka

by Jamara Wakefield September 22, 2020December 3, 2020

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