poverty
Snowdrops
Snowdrops a poem by: Kenneth Slessor The Snowdrop Girl in fields of snowdrops walks, Whiter than foam,...
The Clock
The Clock written by: Mohamed El Houssaini - It was winter, the season of bitter winds and seductive sleep. In the village of...
Bark of the Dogs
Bark of the Dogs written by: Dclamo I remember the bark of the dogs The barks that...
The Back Alley Life
The Back Alley Life written by: Mark Patterson - It was dark in the alley that night. Sometimes the restaurants would leave a light...
A Homeless Man’s Sestina
A Homeless Man’s Sestina written by: Ed Sams Mexicans at Home Depot face the sun They hope...
Beautiful Disaster
Beautiful Disaster written by: William Falo - Shadows appeared at the junkyard entrance, and I hid with the others until they left...
Some Villanelles Which Double as Songs
Some Villanelles Which Double as Songs written by: Jim Bellamy O, once upon a mind in a...
A Journey of Struggles and Triumph
A Journey of Struggles and Triumph written by: Torsaa Emmanuel Oryiman - Growing up in a small village where opportunities were as scarce as rainfall in the dry season...
For King and Country
For King and Country written by: Jim Wilson-Storey - Having little motivation to climb out of his warm, albeit flea infested, bed, Eli Cox...
Downpour
Downpour written by: Pratik Mitra The devilish downpour destroying the kutcha roofed-abode the haves call slum in...
The Way He Went
The Way He Went written by: Frank Meintjies - Kenneth looked around the cell. In one corner was a brown bench, a thin plank...
Song
Song written by: Mary Ann McGuigan - My mother had convinced herself—and us—that the landlord would never...
