A #smallpoem response to this NYT poem by Jericho Brown. The persona in this poem is not my own, but I do see it everywhere these days. Everywhere. I am presenting and representing. You stand provoked.   In fact you can “balance” the dark mode of this poem by adding to it. At the end…

Here is a thought-provoking poem about the colonizing power of language by Maleeha Sattar. The irony of a native from India writing about the colonizing power of language in the language of the colonizer is not lost.  I think we could all identify easily with this.  Aren’t we all colonized by the language of our…

  School teaches you to ask for permission rather than take action. School teaches you compliance, not discovery. School doesn’t teach the skills you need in the real world like how to build things, how to find problems to solve, or how to think for yourself. — Shane Parrish (@ShaneAParrish) November 18, 2021 As someone…