Poetry
2017-20
Welcome. Enjoy the fierce, tender, compelling offerings of these poet-authors we love. Commissioned by Poetry for People over more than ten years, these words have anchored our project ideas, been the heartbeat of our events, and woven our community together, one poem at a time.
So Far In This First Year - Venessa Fuentes
On visiting Schoolcraft Park - LM Brimmer
New Age - by Su Hwang
GOOD PEOPLE - Ed Bok Lee
Now, In the Car - Miré Regulus
Solstice Poem - LM Brimmer
Paddle Poems - Sequoia Huack
PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM - Sun Yung Shin
WITNESS - Rachel Moritz
Directions - Moheb Soliman
FINAL NOTICE TO PATRIARCHY - Rush Merchant, III
The Weary Kitchen - Anthony Ceballos
POWDERHORN - Ed Bok Lee
Dakota Territory! - Sharon Day
Bush Tea - Valérie Déus
Encarnaciones - Denise Hanh Huynh translated by Alex DeLeón
Summer Light - Ellen Marie Hinchcliffe
Nandi - Taz Song’Ony
One time - Moheb Soliman
blooms, blessings, sustenance itself: nearly everything fruitful comes from the earth - Miré Regu
Lessons from Emerita - Adlyn Carreras
Mababu - Taz Song'Ony
A Year Later - Molly Van Avery