poetry

Danielle N. Dixon created visual art and poetry in tribute to the sci-fi novelist Octavia Butler for the 2023 BLAX Museum arts showcase.

Sam Stokes shares poetry he wrote in prison and talks about he hopes to inspire others through his performances.

Growing up, Wesley Dirmeyer read more than a lot of his friends, but he started living and breathing books once he went to prison.

For Da'Jon Carouthers, the biggest contrast between free life and incarcerated life is the noise.

Before Jonathan Young began writing poetry through the ID13 Prison Literacy Project, he spent a long time trying to "fit in" with others around him.

Cardell Belfoure had been writing poetry for several years before joining the ID13 Prison Literacy Project while incarcerated at Grafton Correctional Institution in Grafton, Ohio.

Cleveland nonprofit Twelve Literary Arts will release its debut album, “In Search of the Land,” June 19. The release, which includes contributions from more than 40 Black artists in Cleveland, will fall on Juneteenth.

Cleveland nonprofit Twelve Literary Arts will release its debut album, “In Search of the Land,” June 19. The release, which includes contributions from more than 40 Black artists in Cleveland, will fall on Juneteenth.

Dr. Shihab Ghanem shared his poem with the project.

Mosab Abu Toha reads the poem he created for the Global Vaccine Poem.