Inside Merwin’s Pencil
“it’s all we need, it’s here in this pencil”
"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart."
“it’s all we need, it’s here in this pencil”
Cherries on a lime green plate.
”…you can never repay your mother”
Submit prose, poetry or visual art about the enduring values that sustain people of color during difficult times
What helps you play with language?
“I don’t know what others will think who read this…”
“Kindness is our best audition for a worthier world.”
High-speed haiku is sometimes the best.
When news and commentary just aren’t enough and you’re tired of sticking your head in the sand, try reading poetry […]
So strange to be so close, this close, this wild.