The ramifications of being Black in the united states

by Mariana Franco [Excerpt]

 

Death

Loss of Breath

final words

“I can’t breathe”

Death from privileged white tears

Death from soulless blue shield devils

Black death shadowing over Black lives matter

Too many names to say too many names to say

Too many names to say

the ramification of being Black in the united states is

death

We got to rise up

we got to thrive

The ramification of being Black in the united states needs

to be re-imagined

we have arrived

get the fuck off your seats

get on our side.

sip on the nectar of justice

freedom

equality

give me liberty

because

the ramification of being Black in the united states has

had enough of

Death.

 

From “Los Angeles Poets for Justice: A Document for the People” Edited by Jessica M. Wilson & Karo Ska, ISBN 978-1-62795-682-3, $20, Los Angeles Poet Society Press, http://www.lapoetsociety.org/los-angeles-poet-society-press All rights reserved to the artists. Photo by Sophie Len ©2021.

 

Call for submissions: A Re-Fleshing

An anthology that dares to re-imagine how we co-exist and live together

let us imagine a world without

white supremacy, anti-blackness, patriarchy

imperialism…

It’s time to shed our skins and imagine how we

can re-flesh

Email submissions to reflesh_anthology@protonmail.com

poetry, visual art, creative non-fiction, stories, rants, rambles, analysis

poetry and visula art, 1-3 pieces, all else, 2000 words max

include a short bio, whether you identify as BIPOC, and why you are submitting

deadline: August 31, 2021 Anthology will be published by LA Poet Society Press

$25 honorariumnfor all artists selected

Call for submissions: An anthology for MMIWG2S “No More Stolen Sisters”

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email submissions to submissions@lapoetsociety.org, http://www.lapoetsociety.org/submissions

deadline is September 30, 2021

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