Culture
The dancing shadows: ‘All we hear is … silence’
The Dancing Shadows
by Nelson Vincent
It's the party of spirits
Where I see
One foot; Another foot
the one complementing another
Left, Right,
Forward, Backward
Rhythmical...
These shadows are dancing
The drums reel...
In your shoes, to feel what you go through
In your shoes, to feel what you go through
by Brian Kasaine
Let's trade places
Mount my horse
I'll slip feet into your shoes.
Ride through my garden of...
Sundaze: Turkey talk for a lovely November
A little turkey talk for your Sundaze
I am tired of politics.
— Mike Allen
(Editor’s Note: NonDoc provides Sundaze as a weekly space for poetry, short prose, visual art...
Poems: ‘The Blue God’ of war is coming and more
The Blue God
by Joan McNerney
The blue god of war
is so strong
he can twist trees
with the tip of his tongue.
You better not defy him
scream at...
Ahead of regional tour, step into Travis Linville’s ‘Bar Room’
For your TGIF procrastinating pleasure, take a look at the latest video from one of Oklahoma's favorite singer-songwriters, Travis Linville.
"It's a tip of the...
Poetry: Starry night of the great fire & The final seder
Starry Night of the Great Fire
by Derek Geiger
Chattel ride a ferrous horse
Off to their ash-filled commune
To forge axes for the norse
As they march to...
In support of feminism: The Girl Child
The Girl Child
by Nelson Vincent Ayomitunde
(Author's note: Based on certain cultural instincts that have birthed discrimination in gender, this poem is for feminism, dedicated...
Colonias on the border struggle with decades-old water issues
By Maria Esquinca and Andrea Jaramillo
News21
YUMA, Ariz. – Nestor Alaniz didn’t get a permit to build a well in his mother’s backyard, and he...
Daryl Ross Halencak poetry: ‘Sister Moon’ and ‘Private First Class’
Sister Moon
by Daryl Ross Halencak
Sister Moon and I look for nighttime shine,
past the darkened clouds,
over the rainbow, through the shadows.
Will we gaze beyond the...
‘Hope is a choice’ that can make all the difference
In 1985, Czechoslovakian playwright and dissident Vaclav Havel sat in prison while his country was under the control of the Soviet Union.
At that time,...