Stay with the caravan
By Claire J. Baker on A poem by longtime Street Spirit contributor, Claire Baker.
Street Spirit poetry
Hoovertown
By Loyd Skiles on Dogs all bark’n from the yardhometown donut’s tweak’n hardthey sure don’t need him aroundit’s hella mean in Hoovertown.Poverty and miseryrepublicans
Anniversary party at People’s Park
By Julia Vinograd on Drummers on stage, circles of people whirling,rags and feathers.We’re a tribe, we’re on the coverof National Geographic where native womencarry
Optimism is real…isn’t it?
By Tiara Swearington on "My soul refuses to die
even with a heart full of pain
and eyes full of cries
in the words of Maya Angelou,
'still I rise.'"
Narrative poem: “S.O.S for a homeless vet”
By Douglas Levon Dawkins on Moby Theobald The gutter is not where I’m from. Yes, I been called a statistic, and treated like a bum.
Harassment at its finest
By Marisa Gonzalez on "I do not care for your ill advised attempt to impress me by telling tales of your needle-ridden past."