A Poem By Cheena Marie Lo

by Mark Bibbins, Editor

towards the amalgamation of larger divisions of the species for purposes of mutual protection

towards some determined point

towards the end of August, and remain for the winter

towards the shore

towards the sea

towards the trees nearest to the field

towards family life

towards the development of higher moral sentiments

towards each other

towards the community

towards his community, that he not only refuses to be rescued

towards our neighbours

towards a new life of mutual support and liberty

towards the peasants; attempts to free them

towards the citizens: a public function, as honorable as any other. An idea
of “justice” to the community, of “right” towards both
producer and consumer

towards the State

towards the end of the winter

towards the end of your sentence

towards the community at large, but also among the co-operators

themselves towards establishing better relations

towards one sort of heroism

towards the establishment of an infinite variety of more or less

permanent institutions for the same purpose.

towards the poorer classes

towards the poor, from whom the well-to-do-people are separated

by their manner of life

towards further progress

toward Medicare and Medicaid expenditures

toward higher income

towards the right questions rather than ready-made formulas

toward achievement of its vision

towards the middle

toward rebuilding

towards the constructivist learning model

toward a curriculum that acknowledges the importance of making students

conscious at a young age of their position in a global society

towards the benefit of a people and a place in need

toward the top of the levee

toward its prisoners

toward the boats

towards the perimeter fence

toward repopulating his jail

toward the center of the city

toward the top of the wall

toward the houses on the other side

toward a geography of incarceration and return

towards a final catastrophe

Born in Manapla, Philippines, Cheena Marie Lo is a genderqueer poet based in Oakland, CA. They coordinate a youth art program at California College of the Arts, and co-edit the literary journal HOLD. A Series of Un/Natural/Disasters is just out from Commune Editions

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