Reading poetry is one of the ways some of us nourish our faith, a way we set or reset our inner compass
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In this monthly column, I will briefly introduce and share two or three poems. This column builds on the five-part National Poetry month series in April. In the wrap up to that series, I suggested using an approach similar to
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Debating So-Called “Conscious Hip-Hop” By Eric Roberts, co-creator of “Rhymes and Reasons” Hip-hop’s detractors, even casual listeners, forget that rapping is an artform, with formal considerations like any other. In the battle for airtime, so-called “conscious hip-hop” cannot use the virtue of its content as an excuse to neglect
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A Poem September 13, 2011 by Ariana Salazar-Newton The truth is it’s all about US— Our country and the white men on the American bucks. To them it is unintelligible that the borders crossed us; Still we’re the unwelcome guests, stray mutts. I think they can’t stand to look
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