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Street Spirit is an independent newspaper in the East Bay dedicated to covering homelessness and poverty from the perspective of those most impacted. Est 1995.

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Recovery

By Joshua Merchant on July 11, 2024
Arts and Culture   Poetry
"east Oakland is dilapidated 'Angel Grove City.' all our power- rangers became crack heads or died."

Windy Midnight Linen

By Taneesh Kaur on July 11, 2024
Arts and Culture   Poetry
"The wind takes me in waves down sidewalks of the living rooms into windows of lives we see streetside survival in the eyes of hungry love."

Under the Freeway Doe

By Kim Shuck on July 11, 2024
Arts and Culture   Poetry
"Tent collects Moisture from her breath Wind rains it back she Pulls the gift blanket Over her head and Waits for dusk"

BWYB News: The Goldilocks cover-up

By Tureeda Mikell on July 10, 2024
Arts and Culture   Poetry
"Investigators confirmed strands of blonde hair found in Baby Bear’s bed did match those of Golden Bandit."

Home that Passes through the River 

By Boudia Crow Lafleur on June 17, 2024
Arts and Culture   Poetry
A poem on queerness and finding home.

A Little Bit of Change

By Antoine Rufus on April 2, 2024
Arts and Culture   Poetry
"Today we have the chance to create tomorrow."

Rats’ Teeth

By Jaz Colibri on April 2, 2024
Arts and Culture   Poetry
"how many times / can a city take / the last things / an old black man has / on this earth?"

Echolocation

By Jaz Colibri on November 29, 2023
Arts and Culture   Poetry
Poetry by Wood Street Community member and houseless trans organizer Jaz Colibri

Journey Longing Home

By Alej (they/them) on June 30, 2023
Poetry
Fleeing in the middle of the night, who are we trying to be, a band of coyotes? but fearfully running

Standing on Rocks with Fists

By Alej (they/them) on June 30, 2023
Poetry
Collage by Jason Hannan On cusp dusky twilight, periwinkle wide - breaching highest cotton edge, our souls touched. Tasked selling

Decolonizing or Dying?

By Tiny on June 30, 2023
Poetry
I mean how can we talk about just transfers and still b owning her while she b desecrated and yet

On Native Ground

By Tatiana Lyulkin on June 30, 2023
Poetry
Nobody owns the sunrise, The air we breathe, The ground Where we plant And nurture our seeds. The ones Who
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