Jesse Breite with illustrations by Stacy Reece

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Jesse Breite with illustrations by Stacy Reece

Two Poems by Jesse Breite

An Arkansas native poet brings us pieces that remember an important figure in Southern Black history and that evoke the scorching heat of summer days.

By Jesse Breite with illustrations by Stacy Reece /

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A North Carolina poet fills her verses with memories and observations that flow from the present day back into the years passed and gone.

This week, we celebrate two Southern icons—one whose name is universally known, and one who’s not so familiar.

Old ways of preserving food run deep in the culture of Appalachia. It turns out that preserving life requires the same principles.

Harriet Tubman first escaped enslavement in Dorchester County, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, on September 17, 1849. She returned at least 13 times to lead at least 70 to freedom. One-hundred-and-seventy-five years after that first escape, these four poems from southeast Virginia honor her spirit of resistance and solidarity.

Her father was a Pentecostal minister who never told a lie in his life. Until he did. And it was so big, it stayed with the family forever.

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Tammy’s about to get her associate’s degree and she’s got a chance to get a real job, with a desk and a chair and vacation days. There’s just this one thing…

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Jesse Breite with illustrations by Stacy Reece

Two Poems by Jesse Breite

By Jesse Breite with illustrations by Stacy Reece /

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