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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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Land of the Free / Reflections

By Samuel Palos Kraemer on October 1, 2025
Arts and Culture   Poetry
'We are not a melting pot / We are an assimilation machine'

The Bus

By Christopher Strunck on October 1, 2025
Arts and Culture   Poetry
'I was wrong I won’t apologize for who I am'

Three Canned Hams (1974)

By Reina de Aztlán on September 4, 2025
Arts and Culture   Poetry
'This was all Alberto Terrones took / from our local supermarket.'

Street Album

By Claire J. Baker on September 4, 2025
Arts and Culture   Poetry
'...the moment / someone's eyes / meet our own / and linger—'

Jimbow Poems

By Jimbow the Hobow on July 3, 2025
Arts and Culture   Poetry
'The blood runs from the young to / please the oil.'

Street Spirit Queer Poetry Collection

By Street Spirit Poetry Series on June 16, 2025
Arts and Culture   Poetry
Introducing Street Spirit's new poetry series

Surviving the Storm

By Reina de Aztlán on May 7, 2025
Arts and Culture   Poetry
'One cannot do this on their own.'

Dens of Iniquity

By Jaz Colibri on February 4, 2025
Arts and Culture   Poetry
'who will kiss away / all the men / who marred my lips?'

Wayfarer

By Tim Rudolph on January 6, 2025
Arts and Culture   Poetry
"No direction home / but I’m somebody’s someone somewhere"

Illumination

By Jeannette DesBoine on January 6, 2025
Arts and Culture   Poetry
"In the dark times, reflection hides / itself in corners and waits..."

Sweeping in the Rain

By Tiny Gray-Garcia on December 3, 2024
Arts and Culture   Poetry
Let the trucks come / Take my pain and wash it away with this endless rain

Slam Bio

By LeaJay Harper on December 3, 2024
Arts and Culture   Poetry
I learned that a house / has walls and foundation / But my home was whatever / porch I found to sleep that night
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