Bettering American Poetry, Volume 2
Bettering American Poetry, Volume 2 eds. Akbar, Clark, dodd, Espinoza, King, Leung, Rankine, Ramirez, Wasson Bettering Books, 288 pp. (2017) As a minority, life...
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John Ashbery, “Pleasure Boats”
What does it mean to understand “Pleasure Boats?” Typically, the words of a poem allow reconstruction of a speaker and scenario, I derive a meaning ...
Amy King, “I’ve Opted for a Heart This Mid-November Morn”
I know and you know that the world is cold. Not only unfeeling, but lacking clear motive. Not only lacking motive, but subconsciously cruel, looking for opportu...
Amy King, “Perspective”
for X., because you need to stop being racist and apologizing for all that is wrong in the world. There are harsher consequences than my words or anger. There h...
Amy King, “Some Pink in Your Color”
Some Pink in Your Color (from Poetry) Amy King Did you know I’m in this hospital bed? I’m not. I’m in the same light you stand in, much the same way I’m in the ...