Poetry
FIRST THERE WAS THE WORD, THEN THERE WAS THE FIST: Yearning/Learning to Speak at the 3rd National APIA Spoken Word and Poetry Summit
by Todd Lee
So I was Watching One of those News Documentary on Poverty when
by Rathanak Michael Keo
Undocumented (tribute to Assi and Forever 21 workers and organizers)
by Jason Jaewan Lee
Copyright "the people" Summer 2002
To White Women Who Think They’re Different: Stop Fuckin’ Touching Me
By Kil Ja Kim
Asian America--We Were There
by Tony Osumireprinted with the permission of the author |
Taiko #1
For Odaiko New England
Todd Lee
Boom da-da BOOM!
Boom da-da BOOM!
Boom da-da boom da-da
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Rumble of thunder
pulling you under,
over and over and over again.
Boom da-da BOOM!
Boom da-da BOOM!
Sway, yeah, sway
Pray, yeah, pray
Boom da-da BOOM!
Sticks point to the sky!
Boom da-da BOOM!
We all want to fly!
Rant (After Saul Williams)
by Phloe
red clay women
The following poem is from the collection "War," by Sarwat Rumi, released in 2005. Rumi is a bilingual Bengali American Muslim in Chicago. To order a chapbook, email here.
taught to be a father's daughter.
a brother's sister. a husband's wife.
taught the roles that defined honor
in peacetime.
fathers, brothers, husbands
should have known better than to shape us this way
Get Out of Town!
by Todd Lee
Song for the Immigrants
Inspired by the National Day of Action, April 10, 2006
by Todd Lee
