About Tsitsi S.A. Sachikonye and Five Points

Today's poem is "Unemployed"

from Five Points

Tsitsi S.A. Sachikonye has a Masters in Social Sciences in French & Francophone Literature and was a talk show host for The Book and The Brain Radio Show on RMR 89.7FM (Rhodes University). She is also a professional singer and lyricist.
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August 31, 2016: "When I Had Died" by Cynthia Huntington
February 9, 2016: "Funeral in Vermont" by Andrea Hollander
November 21, 2015: "Ode to Chronic Insolvency" "I lived in an apartment..."
November 20, 2015: "Ascension" by Philip Levine
March 31, 2015: "Mrs. Cavendish and the Learning Curve" by Stephen Dunn
March 30, 2015: "Passing Phase" by Stephen Dunn
November 9, 2013: "The Rescue" by Chelsea Rathburn
February 7, 2011: "Casals" by Gerald Stern
September 8, 2010: "Converted Church" by Medbh McGuckian
December 15, 2009: "The Opening" by Philip Schultz
May 14, 2009: "Contentment" by Jane Hirshfield
May 12, 2009: "Storm Catechism" by Kim Addonizio
November 19, 2008: "Guess Work" by Christopher Buckley
November 18, 2008: "When I Was the Muse" by Kate Daniels
November 17, 2008: "Dog & Father" by Sam Pereira
May 26, 2008: "Death by Wind" by Gerald Stern
November 11, 2007: "Disciplines" by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks
November 7, 2007: "Heart Poem" by Mary Oliver
November 5, 2007: "Easeful Death" by Kim Addonizio
March 18, 2006: "After a Month of Rain" by Linda Pastan
October 28, 2005: "Gone" by Malena Mörling
October 27, 2005: "Fears" Rodney Jones
October 26, 2005: "Flamingo Film" Dave Smith
October 24, 2005: "October Storm" David Baker
May 8, 2005: "Riding" Robert W. Hill
May 5, 2005: "Vessel" Cecily Parks
May 2, 2005: "Heavenly" Mary Oliver
October 23, 2004: "Unsound Ship" by Medbh McGuckian
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