The Gates of Nothingness

by Ben Hawkins

Poem


Just for Today

by Michele Johnson

Poem


The Turret Guard

by Jack Tompkins

Sketch


Empty

by Michelle Pond

Photograph


Retail Blues

by Lynn Norton

Poem


Thunderstorms

by Lawrence Langman

Poem


AIN'T I STILL A WOMAN

By Dorothy Williams, Army

Writing Type: Poem

Been lied on, spied on, pried on, and cried on
but ain't I still a woman, I will survive
abused, confused, misused, and misconstrued
but I's still a woman, I shall survive
whacked, sacked, shacked and I been lacked
I was born woman and I can survive
a crook, took, shooked, looked and booked
I' s just a woman, and I must survive
dead, begged, misled, bled, and misread
can't you see I's a woman, I will survive
alone, no phone, no song and far from home
blessed, confessed, possessed and refreshed
ill, without will, filled, pilled and still
I's came here a woman and I's goin' to survive
kicked, licked and sick, been hit and fixed
Lord God, I's a woman and I'll survive
broked, choked, poked and hoaxed
this here is a woman and I shall survive
around, upside down, on the ground and found
raped, shaped, faked, waked and taped
mean, lean and clean, just had to be seen
been a soldier, bolder and colder
cause I still a woman, I survive
bad, sad, without dad, glad and had
true, and blue, through a few and I been you
this here girl is a fine woman because I did survive.
Amen, Amen, and Amen.

The Gates of Nothingness

by Ben Hawkins

Poem


Our Lonely Death

by George Nolta

Poem


Somewhere a Woman Is Building an Ark

by Louise Eisenbrandt

Poem


Waves of Life

by Michele Johnson

Poem


What a Beauty

by Jack Tompkins

Sketch


The Turret Guard

by Jack Tompkins

Sketch