PUBLIC MARKS from itsatrap with tag poetry

I'm a poet. Whether I'm a good one or a bad one is, I suppose, open to debate. But the fundamental fact of my life and career is that the business activities that define my professional existence these days are Plan C, at best. If the world worked the way I wish it did, I'd make my living writing, publishing and teaching poetry. (And ideally, I'd be earning a living wage.) I thought I was on this track back in the late 1980s, when...

In this week's poetry thread, I'd like to acknowledge pieces written by Americans of color, including African-Americans, Latinos, native peoples, etc., specifically (shorter) works capturing some aspect of life in America as perceived from the vantage point of a minority. Some of the many notable creators in this broad and rich genre are...