Tag: poetry
Poetry by Sawhney: Eternal Cycle
Poetry has fueled humanity for as long as time has existed. It is the simplest form of communicating the complex feelings brought by current...
These Stanzas From Amanda Gorman’s Poetry Will Take Anyone’s Breath Away
"I am at this moment the direct voice of the poets of my race," said Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral in 1945 upon receiving the...
‘Endangered,’ California Dressed in Poetry by a Latina
"Endangered" is part of BELatina's collection of poems to celebrate National Poetry Month.
“Endangered”
In California
Monarch butterflies are endangered
Immigrants are endangered
In the very land that they...
‘The Rotation,’ a Poem on Change, by Sawhney
"The Rotation" is part of BELatina's poetry and empowerment series.
The Rotation
Poetic minds
confront dark nights
and enter revolving doors
where thought remains
Stagnant motion
A continuous rotation ensues,
much like...
‘We Are,’ Kicking Off National Poetry Month with an Original by...
Who we are and who we become through relationships is one of the most complicated issues in our intimate lives.
To jump-start National Poetry Month,...
Women Poets Who Broke the Mold With Their Words
Women are poetry; women are resilient; women are natural healers. Female poets can create life and recreate ourselves through heartbreak, pain, racism, machismo, inequality,...
‘A Seed’s Growth,’ A Poem by Sawhney
A Seed’s Growth
by Sawhney the writer
Devoured
By hunger to grow
Up past
The realms that already exist
I am a seedling
Thirsty for the expanses
Of tilled earth
And heavenly possibilities
Up,...
‘Stuck,’ A Poem by Sawhney The Writer
Stuck by Sawhney the writer
I daydream about the days
when I could escape
into a different world,
a different place
Stuck in a bubble
between a rock and a...
Aja Monet’s Powerful Poetry
Aja Monet’s work may be political, but she despises politicians. “Unless it's free health care, affordable housing, climate justice, abolition, and an end to...
‘6-5-4-7,’ A Poem by Sawhney The Writer
I feel your confusion
Coming into me
A loss of mind,
A stolen identity
I’m trapped in broken ways
I feel your sad pain
Yet I don’t see
How I will...
Bronxite Poet, Tonya Ingram, is a Force to Be Reckoned With
Octavio Paz thought poetry was about bringing the world back to its pure innocence, to recreate it by naming it. According to the Mexican...
‘Old Ideas,’ A Poem by Sawhney
Old Ideas
I sit in stillness
and I hear old murmurs
of what
I pushed aside
Years past,
I knew you
Today,
I don't know
What is this impromptu message
arising
before my mind
Years have...
