The Merchant of Grief: Poetry by Walter Holland
The Merchant of Grief
He does not do so willingly nor does he set the price,
His are meager things to collect,
things which others would neglect....
Plague Years: Poetry by Walter Holland
Plague Years
"As of 2018, about 700,000 people have died of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, and nearly 13,000...
It Seems: Poetry by Joy Gaines-Friedler
It Seems
only three years ago
we began our goodbyes.
Pray for me you asked, and I
had no idea how, or if I did pray
what it might...
Ghosts Ambling Along East 46th Street: Poetry by Raymond Luczak
Ghosts Ambling Along East 46th Street
Not ever expecting to see you again,
you appeared, walking ahead. I felt like a wren.
I stayed behind, not wanting...
“So there will be no distraction”: Poetry by Simon Perchik
Poetry
So there will be no distraction
you shower at night, your hands
kept cold as the same sound
snow breaks off bit by bit
whose only defense is...
Dan: Poetry by Larry Schulte
Dan
“when i want to kiss you, i kiss the ground.” Danez Smith
The language you spoke
from your hospital death bed
unintelligible to the rest of us.
Was...
Waiting on a Miracle: Poetry by Joe Bisicchia
Waiting on a Miracle
Will wine ever flow despite all the vinegar in my veins?
I know it shall arrive, the balm, whatever its welcoming face,
sure...
Poets for Life: Philip F. Clark on Why Writing Matters
Poets for Life
A&U’s New Poetry Editor on Why Writing Matters
by Philip F. Clark
“emaciation, grisly cancer,
no future, heart of gold,
passionate engagement with a great
B film,...
It’s Not Over: Poetry by Mark J. Mitchell
It's Not Over
The NAMES Project in Atlanta
Just behind The Silver Skillet
past the parking lot, a seamstress
works—mostly alone—Names are kept
here—sorted, folded, catalogued.
Shelves are full and...
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1986: Donna Summer Has Left the Building
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Part XIII of an Ongoing Chronicle of the First Fifteen Years of the AIDS Pandemic
by Bruce Ward
David Reuben’s...
