Pain sings its sad melody, but in its echo, I find poetry. For the love that leaves a scar where the echo of goodbye resonates endlessly. But from tears, a heartbeat is born, a new pulse that ...

Many a couple has enjoyed a midnight kiss at New Year. That’s Liz Lochhead’s inspiration for View of Scotland/Love Poem. The poem combines Lochhead’s memories of Hogmanay in the 1950s and a ...

Revered Black queer poet and activist Essex Hemphill’s literary works have finally returned to print in a newly released ...

In the last two years, she has written over 50 poems on a variety of subjects. In November last year, Calik moved to Petersburg from Keysville, Virginia. In the Burg, she fell in love with the old ...