My hands are hardened to the springtime task

Of ripping out dead wildflower stalks

Leftover from last fall.

exhausted,

I watch you

Sleeping 

Evoking Manhattan’s past with a strikingly modern vision, the Whitney Museum of American Art unveiled designs on Wednesday night for a massive, airy sculpture by David Hammons crossing into the Hudson River — a project that would be one of the largest public art installations in New York.

Vince, the teenager with ''exuberance'', was on the verge of plunging into the waters of decadence-----being friends with Oasis, his agemate and a juvenile with questionable character---until his parents sat him down to tell him their teenage stories---how they grew---experiencing the bad and ugly sides of life but became responsible as young adults and parents. Several years later,  Vince's tuned-new-leaf situation inspired him to write ''Family Tells A Story'', In Family Matters and Home Magazines.

I saw a play the other night
on Broadway and I learned
that the stage is within me
not in front of me

Meet Adrienne Su, friend of Tribes, educator, and author of poem Red Bean Soup.

What of a land where people’s lives are thwarted at every turn, where prospects are determined by party status, where movements are restricted by permits, orders, and decrees, where “justice” is meted out mercilessly, and against which there is no recourse.

I cannot bring it to the international food fest

at the middle school; it will be returned

like the tea eggs after orchestra practice.

He calls out to all seated in silk and florals

To believe

Another life we have

Far greater and bigger than here

All our love goes out from Tribes to the people of Puerto Rico. Our friends at La Lucha Gallery suggest two ways to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria:

We at Tribes stand, kneel, and lock arms in solidarity with all members of the NFL who are exercising their right to free speech and protesting police brutality, violence against African Americans, and the recent words of Donald Trump.

Beau Sia, Bob Holman and Steve during a recent visit at Tribes.

Check out Beau's 37 Poems for Steve Cannon on his YouTube Channel!

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Meet Luciann Berrios - Astoria native and Tribes Poet.

EMPIRES WILL FALL, ALTHOUGH WHICH ONES, ONLY TIME WILL TELL.

Here's who we voted for - who did you vote for?

Fresh video content by Mary Chen

The author of Negrophobia has run off 

with my Marxist roommate, but it's fine.