Fueling The Fire
The same fire that keeps the wolves at bay alerts them to your presence The same fire that pushes away the darkness makes the shadows dance The same fire that […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Perennials, Part VI
Black girl magic And the mystical magical negro They sound relateddon’t they? When you dig more deeply though, you realize that Black girls labeled magic are recognized for the way they marry Intellect, flexibility and accomplishment. The magical negro is viewed skeptically for […]
Nicolella, Gamache named youth poetry ambassador, deputy: Annual appointments resume in 2022 after pandemic hiatus
Lourdes Nicolella of the Moses Brown School has been selected as youth poetry ambassador and Adi Gamache of the Met School has been selected as deputy youth poetry ambassador for […]
Omarion Cometh
“I’m here!” Door banging, stomping sneakers, Loud shouts, Not the Inside Voice. Be Quiet T-shirt flung into a dark corner, Towel airborne, dirty shoes kicked — one here, one there […]
A Reflection on [Mental] Health: January Poetry
A fragile soul so young, A pleasure center numbed, How quick I was to hide inside my fears. The fear of age, rage, and misplaced trust, The fear of reopening […]
Poetry, #22 Silent Night…: From “The (chap) Book of the Dead”
They said I must be out of my mind wanting to celebrate Christmas this year, that survival was all we had to be thankful for; that the stories were lies, […]
High School Student Poets: Apply to be RI youth poetry ambassador
UPDATE: Results announced motifri.com/youth-poet-2022-results Seeking a youth poetry ambassador for 2022, the RI Center for the Book invites applications from high school students who reside in RI. State Poet Laureate […]
The Four Turtles
by Isaiah “Sleeping Turtle” Johnson The cloudy sky in my waking eyes is adorned with blue, gray, and white. The yellow sun blazed in full as I lay in the […]
The Craftsman
He planned to fashion wind chimesfrom their chipped long bones and dried sinews.So many years spent in preparation —he imagined the night breezes of autumnproducing a wild dark dance betweenulna, […]
Don’t Hold Your Breath
Imagine Finding yourself Being pulled underwater. The current taking you out Into the deep. You Try your best To paddle your feet to the surface. Gasping Gagging Eyes bulging for […]