The winner of Synkroniciti’s first poetry contest–and it was a VERY competitive field–is “Wildflowers” by Courtney O’Banion Smith of Houston, Texas, USA, which tells the story of a …
“It is important,” the man in the grey suit interrupts. “Someone needs to tell those tales. When the battles are fought and won and lost, when the pirates find their …
In your rainbow journey toward the realization of personal goals, don’t make choices based only on your security and your safety. Nothing is safe. That is not to say that …
Good work uses no thing without respect, both for what it is in itself and for its origin. It uses neither tool nor material that it does not respect and …
In bullfighting there is an interesting parallel to the pause as a place of refuge and renewal. It is believed that in the midst of a fight, a bull can …
“Oh,” the girl said, shaking her head. “Don’t be so simple. People adore monsters. They fill their songs and stories with them. They define themselves in relation to them. You …
Healing is a poem by Aniyah Smith, a New York based poet from Washington, DC. She was the 2018 DC Youth Poet Laureate, 2018 DC Youth Slam Grand Slam Team …
As for now, it must be said that the process of washing the disparate tribes white, the elevation of the belief in being white, was not achieved through wine tastings …
Through her voice I saw a free woman, down on her land, a woman who knew how to kill her own chickens, hunt her own possum, cut her own cotton, …
Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving …
