“Remembering” by Dana Naone Hall
Remembering How you bowedto the new moonof every month Morning bringsthe smell of rainand incense burning Traveler’s palmwaves atthe top of the hill Each springwe returned to the citywhere you were born What happenedto the… Continue Reading
“Subterranean Homesick Blues” by Bob Dylan
Subterranean Homesick Blues Johnny’s in the basementMixing up the medicineI’m on the pavementThinking about the governmentThe man in the trench coatBadge out, laid offSays he’s got a bad coughWants to get it paid offLook out… Continue Reading
“The Geometry Blinked Ruin Unimaginable” by Patti Smith
The Geometry Blinked Ruin Unimaginable She clawed through the rubble of her worldhead covered a scrupulous maid searching for gemsa necklace mislaid by her mistress on the marble floorof a ballroom set against the battered… Continue Reading
“Howl” by Allen Ginberg
Howl For Carl Solomon I I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix,angelheaded hipsters burning for the… Continue Reading
“Washing the Car with My Father” by Afaa Michael Weaver
Washing the Car with My Father It is the twilight blue Chevrolet,four doors with no power but the engine,whitewall tires, no padding on the dashboard,the car I drive on dates, park on dark lanesto ask… Continue Reading