Poetry Archives - Page 9 of 13 - The Blackbird Review

April 12, 2016 Sarah Bracken 0

Don’t insult me for what I do I do my best and you can’t say anything If you would like to try go ahead I […]

The horizon meets the cotton candy colors of the setting sun. The buoy like motion of the boat beneath my feet moves My body as […]

March 31, 2016 Brianna Dunn 0

“Distance is just a number” Can a number build a barrier? Of language or territory Can a number be any scarier? Creating a prejudicial bully […]

March 18, 2016 Jane Vandervort 0

March 17, 2016 Sara Gannon 0

She had teeth sharpened to points— crafted to rip the heart out of racism and to slit the throat of misogyny. She carried a […]

March 16, 2016 Eileen Peltz 0

As I was walking through the halls yesterday, looking down deeply at my phone, I ran into Happy She apologized and took the blame for […]

March 15, 2016 Maya Herr 0

What a surprise for me when I spat words of blasphemy Imagine your faithful little soldier it was never you accustomed to the colder Side […]

March 9, 2016 Maddy Conroy 0

If you opened me right now, cut into me with a knife, i would bleed music. the sounds of heaven and hell and all of […]

February 28, 2016 Kailee Jurnak 0

You stood there in front of me. What do you want? You stand silent, Not a word slips through your sealed lips. I turn away, […]

February 28, 2016 Sarah Turley 0

Love is not cute. Love is a tidal wave that crashes through your life, Completely submerging you until you drown. Love is a monster that […]