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From the New York Times: Bowery Club Poets Take Issue With Documentary

From the New York Times: Bowery Club Poets Take Issue With Documentary

En route to the National Poetry Slam two years ago, the team from the Bowery Poetry Club in Manhattan adopted a motto: “Don’t be nice; be necessary.” Now that they’ve seen a documentary about their journey, the team members have decided much of it is profoundly unnecessary. They say the film distorts their actions and exploits the trauma of police killings of black men.

Two Poems

Two Poems

At sixteen, he hammers
black stones
to fit over breasts,
to bless the new wine

Poetry & ProseRobert HirschfieldMay 11, 2018Robert Hirschfield, Tasting of Hurricane, Trans-Boy Rising, Trans Ghost, Steve Cannon, A Gathering of the Tribes, LGBTQ Poets, LGBTQ Poems, New York Poets, New York Poetry, Trans

Warmer

Warmer

Flags waving
in the wind
warmer air.

Poetry & ProseRyder W. MillerApril 23, 2018Warmer, Ryder Miller, Steve Cannon, a gathering of the tribes, New York Poetry, New York Poets, Young poets, Climate change poetry

Miracles4sale

Miracles4sale

Mom always says I ran before I could walk
don’t ask me how

Poetry & ProseBill Dunn-Roman March 15, 2018New York Poetry, Steve Cannon, a gatherung of the tribes, New York Talent, poem, Poems about Moms, Poems on miracles, Bill Dunn-Roman, young poets