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I can’t breathe
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I can’t breathe

Issue 127: 21 January 2021

I can’t breathe

By Editor| 2021-01-20T18:09:38-08:00 January 21st, 2021|Categories: Issue 127: 21 January 2021|Tags: Mary F. Lenox, plastics pollution, urban blight, air and water pollution, activism, progressive change, Poetry, climate crisis, #BLM, systemic racism|

By Mary F. Lenox I can’t breathe the words said written on a waste container near the sidewalk I wondered what other unheard voices say I can’t breathe Dying fish of the sea echo I can’t breathe as they navigate through plastic and oil invaders Birds call out through polluted air I can’t breathe Children [...]

An Accounting
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An Accounting

Issue 125: 24 December 2020

An Accounting

By Editor| 2020-12-22T15:58:50-08:00 December 24th, 2020|Categories: Issue 125: 24 December 2020|Tags: racism, Poetry, Dianne Write, systemic racism, racial profiling|

By Dianne Wright “What is poetry which does not save nations or people” – Czeslaw Milosz of the knowns: 25 years, the age of Ahmaud Arbery, gunned down by 2 white men. 1 white man filmed the assault. 2 prosecutors recused themselves. 1 recused prosecutor recommended no charges. 0 charges brought against the shooters for [...]