A Backyard Day by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 Poetry Reminiscent of my mother's sheets looking lonely on the line when September was too warm and we were gone has my sweet caramel daughter nibbling an apple in her wading pool each look a book while I'm ... Joan Papalia-Eisert Read more
Flat Days by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 Poetry in the secret daytime world that belonged to mothers before now the whish of long-spaced traffic was muffled in my sanctuary as i lay on the living room couch in front of the picture window with venet... Joan Papalia-Eisert Read more
Floaters by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 Poetry Slim chances in my fat eyes accumulate like daily dust in anything ornate They're in every striation of my irises every movement of the vitreous gel until all i can see is the worst that can happen My... Joan Papalia-Eisert Read more
Washday by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 Poetry it's hot it's hot it's monday on her head again her melting dark chocolate baby sits in the corner of the folding table his eyes lit with the shiniest duskiness i've ever seen his cry is thin she scol... Joan Papalia-Eisert Read more
What We Can Have by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 Poetry *this is my offering for peace: If we go to the desert in stillness, in emptiness If we let the wind, the sand the darkness permeate our visceral souls If we collapse in utter exhalation to the hollow... Joan Papalia-Eisert Read more
Dear Andy by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 Poetry Dear Andy, The day we came to say farewell to you Heaven, herself, shed enough tears to fill an ocean And yet, her tears did not begin to equal ours... Barbara A. Seals Nevergold, Ph.D. Read more
Goodbye to Sister Sarah by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 Poetry No mournful dirges for Sister Sarah No bitter tears, only tears of joy and love No mumbled prayers, but shouts of praise and thanksgiving No hushed whispers about Sister Sarah Honor to her memory, tha... Barbara A. Seals Nevergold, Ph.D. Read more
Uncrownedqueens by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 Poetry To my wonderful marvelous sister's Sure it's been tough, it's been hard and it's been long but, somehow we made it There's been ups and there's been downs and sometimes it's been all the way around. I... Shirley Sarmiento Read more
Black Hole by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 Poetry I am the black hole, baby Black is what I am I am the darkness that your whiteness Cannot understand I am the white rose, baby White is what I know I am the misconceptions That you hoped would grow I ... Crista C. Williams Read more
Uncrowned Queens Digital Oral History Project by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 Articles Peggy Brooks-Bertram (standing to left) and Barbara Seals Nevergold (standing to right) visit Gwendolyn Greene (seated) in her home during an interview for the Uncrowned Queens Digital Oral History Pr... Uncrowned Queens Oral History Project Read more
Peyton Harris: The Black Man, Who Bought Up (Much of) Grand Island, New York by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 Articles “…a most respectable colored citizen, a man of more than ordinary intelligence, a property holder, one highly respected by white and colored acquaintances and who, besides has served in his native, at... Read more
East Presbyterian (Colored): Buffalo’s Third African American Church – Built on Faith and Perseverance by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 Articles Buffalo’s African American community’s history began when the first non indigenous inhabitants settled in the region. Buffalo was incorporated as a city in 1832, with 10,000 residents, three hundred o... Read more