Powerful Prose
photos by Miranda Chavez-Hazim | SOMOS-KS event June 12, 2020
LITERARY
Kansas Poems
Kansas Poems by Brian Daldorph speaks to the unassuming allure of Kansas; giving voice to the places and people...
Starting off with a W.
A toast absurd enough to wash away last year and welcome a new one.
Truth-Telling
These poems declare, "My body/ is mine."
Confronting The Border Machine
The walls outlined in Herrera's poems continue to close in on present day America. Herrera writes to all parts...
To Kansas, A Gift of Mangos
A nation unto itself, a mirror of modern life... Unlike a watched pot this book begins to boil the...
The Garden That Never Dreams
Poem to think about what it's like to garden. From 2012 "Top City Poetry" curated by literary editor Dennis...
Kevin Young's BROWN
A Train of thought, arrow of time + public transit of personal memory
State Bird of Kansas
by George Paris Meadowlark intent on being heard in spite of wind, rises from modest nest ...
Thanksgiving Day Savings – a poem from Kan in NY Times
A Poem of Gratitude From Kansas
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