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November 2025 "Nimbus" by Ulysses Ochoa
In the morning I found you sleeping under the rosemary bush. In the afternoon you are hiding behind the mulberry tree, Tail wagging as you move between the sweet potatoes, cacti, and lemongrass. Waiting for me to throw your ducky so you can fetch it. Anapaula bathes you and brushes your coat. She untangles and snips off the knots in your fur. Together we towel you off and you shake yourself dry. And you follow Anapaula into her car Off to your vet appointment. I heard you be
Ulysses Ochoa
Nov 41 min read


November 2025 "A Poem on Dear Old November" by Alexandra Covarrubias
She receives them with a warm smile, making them feel light as the fireflies that rise in her November moonlighted sky. And as more arrive, she lets them all into her large but warm and cozy abode, filled with romantic light that always flows. Romantic light that sometimes likes to make it all the way out of the windows to complement and dance with the night, who gladly gives into his delight. November— no one can forget her, with her sleepy, aged caramel eyes that always see
Alexandra Corvarrubias
Nov 42 min read


March 2025 Winter: Her Truth by Halenna Castillo
From the chilly breeze that brings the frost, Covering the vibrant green pearly white. The cold fills your lungs with icy frost Every...
Halenna Castillo
Feb 281 min read


December 2024 "My Ode to Taco Bell" by Will Williams
I was eight years old when my grandmother, the kind soul that she is, took me through the drive-thru that would change my life. I...
Will Williams
Dec 1, 20242 min read


November 2024 The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We: Album Analysis By Annie Bautista
July 26th, 2023, Mitski surprised fans with an announcement for her album The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We . In her previously...

Annie B.
Nov 25, 20247 min read


All About Haiku Poetry
What are haikus, who wrote some of the best, and how can you get started!

Annie B.
Oct 31, 20223 min read


Poetry Spotlight (RWC Tutor Edition)
Finding My Footing by Monte Brogdon And then I wake at four and five and Six However, it is not time. I wake at eight and it is Not time....

RWC Tutors
Apr 1, 20213 min read


National Poetry Month
Hughes demanded, "Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed." Poe wrote, "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and...
Deb Everson Borofka
Apr 1, 20215 min read


Poet Laureate: Joy Harjo
(This article was originally published in the April 2020 edition of Paper Jam) Joy Harjo is a well-known author and worldwide performer....
Deb Everson Borofka
Mar 31, 20202 min read


A-Z Poetry Terms
(This article was originally published in the April 2018 issue of Paper Jam and was written by Nicole H.) Allegory: a long metaphor where...

RWC Tutors
Mar 31, 20182 min read
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