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11 Jun “Fugue | 47: Some Kinda Grail Problem” by Joe Hall

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

Lamp, the flowering column, in the mist, in the axiom, you sit
in your red armor, the loose prism that peels from light
in moon-smashed foil, playing your cards on a
table of mist,

Read the full poem "FUGUE | 47: Some Kinda Grail Problem" by Joe Hall.

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04 Jun “The End of Exile” by Solmaz Sharif

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

As the dead, so I come
to the city I am of.
Am without.

Read the full poem "The End of Exile" by Solmaz Sharif.

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01 Jun Announcing the 2023 JBWC Youth Fellow

Posted at 09:00h in JBLC Fellowships, Just Buffalo Writing Center, Youth Fellowships

Meet Jonah Ruddock, the winner of the 2023 JBWC Youth Fellowship—a program offering young writers the opportunity to develop their craft and explore professional avenues within the literary arts.

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31 May Transmissions: Issue 2

Posted at 14:53h in JBWC Youth Ambassador Program, Just Buffalo Writing Center, Transmissions Digital Mag, Young Writers, Youth Publications

At the Writing Center, we have the honor to be privy to the work of the next generation of artists and thinkers. Every month, JBWC Youth Ambassadors will be selecting three creations by writers involved with the Writing Center. Enjoy!

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28 May “stilettos in a rifle range” by Tyrone Williams

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

She and she
said switch
so swish

Read the full poem "stilettos in a rifle range" by Tyrone Williams.

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21 May “Wings of Desire” by Jeannine Marie Pitas

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

An angel whispers to readers in the library.
He's tired of everyone wanting something different.
A trapeze artist dressed as an angel
doesn't know that real angels are wingless.

Read the full poem "Wings of Desire" by Jeannine Marie Pitas.

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14 May Four Short Poems by Lucille Clifton

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

each of these weeds is a day
i climbed the stair
at 254 purdy street
and looked into a mirror
to see if i was really there.
i was there. i am there
in the thousand days.
the weeds. and these weeds

Read the rest of the poems by Lucille Clifton.

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07 May Excerpt from “Prerecorded Weather” by Noah Falck & Matt McBride

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

we are looking for a language
that does not remember
how to compare the song
to the heart sewn closed
with want

Read excerpts from "Prerecorded Weather" (SurVision Press, 2022) by Noah Falck and Matt McBride.

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30 Apr “Hoyt Lake” by Joe Todaro

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

We dream each other into being:
a universe as master for the mindless
and solace for the present,
and a self of contradictions
on a respite afternoon.

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27 Apr BABEL with Isabel Wilkerson

Posted at 13:41h in BABEL, Civil Writes Project, Literary Events

On April 26, 2023, our BABEL season concluded with a visit from National Book Critics Circle Award-winning and bestselling author Isabel Wilkerson, author of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration.

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