darkness is good, you say Bannon
between blood & cinders, darkness, way to believe
in
blanks
human
toll
in
naught
but
halo
in
between blood & cinders, darkness, way to believe
***
sobering up our lives
life more subtle than life could have been deemed
this
bone
to
ballast
this
night
between
lines
this
life more subtle than life could have been deemed
Debasis Mukhopadhyay
2/3/2017
rivers to run
white lyrics spilling out, rivers to run
heads
crowing
old
swastika
heads
scraping
cleansing
bludgeoning
heads
spilling out white rivers, lyrics to run
***
Wall
nothing hangs on the Wall
each
drop
of
skulls
each
drop
of
history
each
wall hangs on the Nothing
Subject: Washington, D.C. Pre-March musings
Still, bereft; fierce, but–
Awakened.
Storied
Hovering
Shout!
Awakened.
Tears.
March!
Hands.
Awakened,
Bereft, still; but fierce.
Susan Jackson
1/22/2017
The Women’s March
Am I marching – gather signs, muscle
pushing
knees
shudder
protest
pushing
rubble
remains
ahead
pushing
Gather marching signs – I am muscle
Louise White
1/20/2017
Crossing Constitution toward Independence, January 21, 2017
Standing together at the intersection, ready for the light to change
knitted
rainbow
pink
pussyhats
knitted
blood-red
bitch
nastycats
knitted
together at the intersection to the light. Ready. Standing for change.
Angela H. Dale
1/18/2017
Coming Home in Black America
Every minute he is late, she fears
someone
seeing
only
skin
someone
coiled
venomous
armed
someone
she fears every minute. He is late
Dotty Holcomb Doherty
1/14/2017
Wonder Woman Attends the Inauguration
She sets her hair free spinning five times
Cuffs
cross
ricochets
Pence
Cuffs
Trump
lassos
and
Cuffs
Spinning five times, she sets her hair free
Nancy Iannucci
1/9/2017
Turning Sixteen
Mother said, He’s not your father
abandoned
broken
bloodline
drugs
abandoned
nameless
numbness
relief
abandoned
He’s not your father, Mother said.
Kara J. Valore
1/4/2017
The Skinny Poetry Nation 