Learn the knack in noisy streets, of shifting on a new hour’s turn: Your bottom-of-the-cavern-ness into a view from the green valley, Or a ride along the midpoint of Taroko’s white-marble gorge. Because bodies deprived […]
Themes
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you should get a reading beautiful like the orange we were red now we’re orange i’ve been cleaning it’s time for a change what’s your name how old are you you were born under a […]
Bushwick: Parte Una.
Mom said, “Fuck this,” as she handed me clothing soaked in feces, mold or whatever was in that floodwater. I wanted to ask her for the quarter to put in our curse jar, kept on […]
NYC Musician
The pavement was wet from the early morning showers and the trees in Union Square dripped on the benches and bright green tables on the lawn. The trees dripped on people walking across the square. […]
Cheque
Cheque placed his dress shoes on the kitchen floor, and reached under the kitchen table for his shoe shining kit. In a small handwoven basket, traditionally used for keeping tortillas warm, he found a tired […]
Speakcheesy
We met under the JMZ in Bushwick, Brooklyn at 4pm. The cheesemakers had to deliver their cheeses on time to the restaurant, otherwise, our night wouldn’t go according to plan. I had coordinated the evening’s […]
I’m Not A Journaler, But…
I’ve never kept a journal or a diary. The idea always seemed odd to me. It reminded me of books by Judy Blume that I read when I was a kid. I wasn’t the […]
I Never Wanted To Be A Poet
This piece was chosen to be read by Reyes at 12th Street 2015 Online launch, this month. It is also apart of 12th Street Journal‘s series, “Crisis Expressive,”which focuses on why and how we, as […]
Ferguson Revisited
The mission of 12th Street Journal has always been to give a space to the writers and artists of the New School, and to the wider net of our fellow creatives, to voice their experiences […]
Do You Feel Safe
This piece is a part of 12th Street Journal‘s series, “Crisis Expressive,”which focuses on why and how we, as humans, creatively express during personal and public moments of crisis. If you have a story to express, we would be exulted to […]