Archive (Page 10) • The Main Event, by stacy-marie ishmael

2022-08-21 The oldest among us will recognize that glow

2022-08-14 divisions grow stronger. / That’s what “chosen” and “unchosen” will do.

2022-08-07 When disaster comes, some of us will stand on / the rooftop to address the ghosts.

2022-07-31 The Destiny of Earthseed / Is to take root among the stars.

2022-07-24 my family drowns again / on a microphone for strangers

2022-07-17 We will be as falling stars to those watching from the edge

2022-07-10 and pain becomes the only keeper / of my time

2022-07-03 liberation from my own daily routines

2022-06-26 There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.

2022-06-19 Dad, he turns, and looks / at you, bewildered, /

2022-06-12 / We are not wise, and not very often / kind. And much can never be redeemed.

2022-06-05 what is history but constant recitations / of flawed people pushed

2022-05-29 Don’t want the people to get wise to their own power, /

2022-05-22 black magic island that spawns boat people and chaos

2022-05-15 i am tired, / but i am not the first / to be tired

2022-05-08 Choices are always field work, / freedom song, elegy, / captivity narrative.

2022-05-01 Freedom / Is a strong seed / Planted / In a great need.

2022-04-24 something encloses the impossible in a fable

2022-04-17 Float in the black / and stay there / if you need to

2022-04-10 no one is neutral here. And you must choose your part in the end