The Other Side of the Postcard
In conjunction with the San Francisco Public Library, poet laureate devorah major made a public appeal for poems that explored the realities of people’s lives in a city as tough and tragic as it is beautiful and exhilarating. This anthology collects the best of this poetry by celebrated writers, schoolchildren with fresh eyes, homeless people and students, perceptive elders and working people from every ethnicity and class. A cross section of the city’s voices offers a passionately...
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San Franciscans portray the unvarnished life of the city not seen in postcards and travelogues.
Why I like graffiti1San Francisco streets4San Francisco6As a blade of grass9The ongoing days of San Francisco11Where I live12Sometimes, in unfamiliar neighborhoods13Dojo15Lake Merced lessons17This morning19Street life21Double nickels22The movement24I am Monterey Heights27I am good, I am bad29East Oakland Sunset Mortuary30Tenderloin poem31The performance33La Grande Avenue35Who will break the chain36Comprehend, find, endure38Ride a wild horse39Bike lane40Food for thought42Crucible4416th & Valencia4523rd y Shotwell47Calle 2449Fifth and Mission516th Street53Oakland Methadone Clinic55View from City Lights poetry room58San Francisco places61Queen Trancilla64She's so tired66Moon cake68Delle Avenue71Praise song for a dead girl75Breathe77Dispatches from the new world order80Open letter to the girls of soldiers82The act of memory in Laguna California85Guerrilla children87Fear89Dos Equis91The poor nation95Refuse99Disabled world nation101When mothers talk104Singing for peace107Raging grannies109To our soldiers110Come walk with me112Fleet week114Something amiss115Here117A body of water119Elements121Running against the tide123Earth126Each time127A long story129March 2003130Lines for autumn132Baby133What to remember135What is peace?137Unified theory139
