Yelamu (SF) Poor Poet's Anthology - 2
Survival Poetry #3 Poor Magazine Street Writing Workshop Series February 27, 2026 Ellen Meadows We’re all going through an inner corridor A coldness in the heart. I have shivers down my spine remembering a warm blanket with my love. I take deep breaths and begin to count the spiral that cascade out In front of me. I try and become smaller. I clench my hands inside my coat, quicken my steps and hold onto the hope of warmth and home again. Everything moves slow. The changin
POORMAG
Mar 27
El Caso de Cuba
By Maria Cordero Cuba es un lugar petrolero que por eso el poderoso líder estadounidense le está denegando maquinarias para progresar por él afirma quedarse con Cuba y sus riquezas que desde tiempos remotos ha sido una audición estar en guerra. Los trabajadores cubanos no saben qué hacer. Puesto que su líder Cubano Miguel Diaz Canel tiene que hacer una entrevista para Washington. Puesto que también les esta haciendo problemas con visas y migración y siguen los abusos tanto se
POORMAG
Mar 26
Yelamu (SF) Poor Poet's Anthology - 1
Yelamu Poetry Workshop Session #1 February 27th, 2026 No Title By: Melinda Garnett A poem to those that cause problems because of their own fears. A small corner in America, perhaps a little dark circle on the map. Where you and I come together in the physical and time away from each other more so on a spiritual journey But where one might come to express concern and there might be expressing dreams however we all our one when we stand together. As we hear each fear and make
POORMAG
Mar 26
Koonin and buffoonin’ without cause
"Our ancestors chose to be kidnapped from Africa”- Kanye West “Black families don’t need fathers because we had strong women.”- Herschel Walker “I’m not black, I’m OJ (Simpson)” “Growing up, I came up with this name: Cablinasian “- Tiger Woods The “koon quotes” mentioned above are examples of how internalized racism is another form of hate just as dangerous and effective as the biased opinions of white (non) supremacy—the belief that assimilation and perpetuation of the anti-
Queennandi
Mar 26
War: What is it really good for?
As far as man can remember, to do battle has been a destructive staple in the defined and redefined books of history. Whether it was to uphold the hoarding of wealth, land and cultural power, mankind has always made sure that the shedding of blood was on the agenda no matter how many lives were lost. The Vietnam war, the Nigerian civil war and the French wars of religion alone claimed the lives of up to at least 15-20 million people, and those who survived were subjected to o
Queennandi
Mar 24
Kansas Revokes Transgender Drivers Licenses
By: Frankie Hicks My childhood lives in Texas. If you close your eyes, you can probably picture it. Vast, uninterrupted blue sky providing the backdrop for spitting mad preachers and angry white men in camo baseball caps. Being homeschooled, I was isolated among people desperate to isolate themselves, frothing at the mouth to secede from the United States for all the wrong reasons. Lonely among loners, and repressing truths about myself that would have gotten me humiliated, h
Frankie Hicks
Mar 16
Soy Maria/I am Maria
Por/By Maria Soy Maria. Con miedos y temores sobre la migración, es una forma muy difícil. Hay muchos obstáculos para superar-- sobre todo en lenguaje, y en conseguir trabajo y falta experiencia con desarrollo. A veces las personas nos denigran burlándose por no saber sistemas de desarrollo y muchas de las veces nos sentimos presionados por los avances de la tecnología. Y a veces letra faltas de ortografía avances en coordinar lo que nos dicen los maestros. Yo solo pido paci
Maria
Mar 12
CRUSHING WHEELCHAIRS Reviews, Praise & Trailer
Houseless and formerly houseless, disabled youth, adults and elder members of the cast at the first screening of Crushing Wheelchairs at the Roxie Theatre in Occupied Yelamu (SF) TRAILER FOR THE MOVIE HERE Upcoming Screenings: April 21, San Bernadino Valley College May 5-11th Boston, Western Mass, Philly, DC, Silver Springs, NYC UnTour May 18th University of California LA (UCLA) June 25th Vidiots Theatre in LA (MORE TO COME!) Film Reviews Black Repertory Theater screening: "
POORMAG
Mar 11
Honoring the Unseen Women
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: tiny gray-garcia or Muteado Silencio Phone: 510-435-7500 Email: poormag@gmail.com Organization: POOR Magazine / Homefulness Honoring the Unseen women Homeless/Disabled/Indigenous/Refugee, Incarcerated and Comfort Women Honored for Women’s HERstory Month What Prayer Walk/March and Testimony When 11am Wedesday, March 11th Where Launch at the Corner of Market & Montgomery in San Francisco (Yelamu) (Listen to a PoemCast by Povertyskola For a
POORMAG
Mar 9
Women Hold Up the Sky
By Momii Palapaz A recent instagram video from Bojongo, Bonaberi, Douala, Cameroon revealed an intense confrontation between a middle aged man and about 10 women. Armed with long sticks, the women in the village surrounded him and took turns whacking his body. What happened was, this man was beating his wife regularly. For fear and shame or whatever, she did not seek help. That changed when neighborhood women heard her crying. That’s when they found out the man was giving her
Momii Palapaz
Mar 6