Survival Poetry 2026 YELAMU #4 Poor Magazine Street Writing Workshop Series MARCH 18, 2026 ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS and EDITS Shannon Gibson Idling thoughts. Delayed time. Exposed doubts. Pastel emotions. Trains of ambitions. Blinded conductor. Full of joy, afraid to share laughter. Publicly no one can care We all look to the sky With nowhere to stare. Translation: Pensamientos ociosos. Tiempo detenido. Dudas expuestas. Emociones pastel. Trenes de ambiciones. Conductor cegado.

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

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:  tiny gray-garcia or Muteado Phone:  510-435-7500 Email: poormag@gmail.com Organization:  POOR Magazine / HOMEfulness Houseless People Create a Real Solution to Homelessness in San Francisco With prayer and permission from First Nations land protectors, indigenous, houseless, and formerly houseless families and elders reclaim a tiny triangle of Mama Earth in occupied Yelamu (San Francisco) to build a healing solution to homelessness. What Prayer