Anthony DiPietro is a prose poet from Rhode Island, who currently lives in Massachusetts and teaches prose poetry at Frequency Writers. His poetry prose has been accepted into multiple magazines. In a recent interview, we spoke about his methods of writing and poetry’s importance. Damont Combs (Motif): When did you fall in love with poetry? […]
There is something primal in the way she whispered winter into the rolling green meadows, that were riddled with legends, and remnants of the time before Her eyes lit up the night and sprinkled starlight into moonbeams like a seed that grows into the dogwood trees by the river and beneath the gods on the […]
What comes first the color orange or the fruit? For me orange is a symbol I seek every day. I have a saying, “Orange will rise in the poem Orange.” It symbolizes hope, positivity and progress each day. I’ve always considered the glass half full because we choose our perceptions. “In life and business, don’t […]
The sounds of steel pan, keyboard, bass and vocals poured out of the Providence Career & Technical Academy Auditorium as hundreds of standup citizens glided inside. They were there to hear 67 people present Langston Hughes’ works, as well as experience some surprises. Many attendees returned for a third or 20th visit. Sylvia Ann Soares […]
Eventually dark skin girls start to heal Eventually we peelOff the white face Smiling at the gift Of melanin Eventually we start to see our own beauty Understanding there is no standard of Beauty even though we are the original model Eventually we stop believing the lies They fed us and we start to eat organic truth Turning off the […]
Orange plasmatic flames rise above all else Consuming as is the most beautiful sight above all else To the dawning of the sun to rise of the morning To the burning of all things burning Orange will rise Camouflage in the wilderness life depends on it To the deepest depths of darkness accompanied by […]