One purpose of the PARH USA blog is to examine form and other poetic devices as they relate to social justice poetry and then provide associated writing prompts. In this post, we discuss the golden shovel form. The golden shovel form was devised by Terrance Hayes to honor Gwendolyn Brooks. Writing a golden shovel involves […]

Near the end of last year, we published a blog post in which we referenced an “alphabet of resistance.” This word list was created by the editors of Coda: Community Writing + Creative Work, a special section included in select issues of Community Literacy Journal. With their “alphabet of resistance,” the Coda editors identified terms

To have been a member or friend of Poets Against Racism & Hate USA the past year is to have been distraught daily as blatant racism and hate became standard practices in our country, implemented and condoned by those at the nation’s highest levels. Examples seem superfluous by now, but here goes. In early 2025,