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whatever 

 

do you think I’m a stress case?

just spit it to my face, babe-ehh

somehow along the way you knew 

maybe you got tough or got a clue

(yeah) shh

so yeah I shy from some things

and I acknowledge some things

I avoid the latex Buddhists

and the aestheticized vodka freaks

 

you can learn a lot about the world

and about yourself from men 

just got to take off your clothes

to reveal your soul again

(teach me, show me

sell me, know me

kiss me, throw me

love me, let go of me)

 

expression dies

outside of touch

the power of speech

is in retreat

what higher power 

do you answer to?

who’s above you,

who’s word do you heed

besides the man beside you

and the hands that feed

you see the machine, 

and it feels serene

because it’s on your side

and you’re safe inside

 

see the I-beams fall into place

at the crux of gravity and grace

New Yorkers acknowledge 

our own brokenness and failure

acknowledge the industrial process

that constitutes human existence and endeavor.

its all an ambivalent shade of silver today

the skeletons of buildings revealing their interiors

it’s all an amibivalent hade of silver today

kissing a morning away

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The Summer 2025 Arts + Human Rights Research Award will be open to submissions this summer (Friday, June 20, 2025, 10:42 p.m. EDT - Monday, Sept. 22nd, 2025, 2:19 p.m. EDT). The topic of the Summer 2025 A+HRRA is Truth, Media, and Human Rights. 

th_Eroses is awarding $100 for a work of artistic / literary research that addresses or concerns human rights in conjunction with this season's topic, Truth, Media, and Human Rights. 

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The goal of this award is to amplify artistic voices that inquisitively and critically approach the pressing issues of our time, to create a habitat where a unique form of creative journalism can thrive, and to provide th_Eroses readers with artistic / literary insights into key issues.

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Submissions may include, but are not limited to, works investigating the nature of truth, the concept of objective truth, the role of the subject and the subject’s context in their experience of or access to truth, media theory and/or the role of media in the creation, dissemination and dismantling of truth and/or truth narratives, the relationship between scientific and artistic or poetic truths, collective faith in expertise, the role of the expert, and the role of the artist and/or poet in relation to the social creation or dismantling of truth and/or truth narratives, etc. 

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The term 'research' here is intended to indicate the process of creation, exploration, and discovery, rather than the compiling of archival facts and/or materials, although the compiling of archival facts and/or materials may be a part of the process of exploration and discovery, or a part of the process of shaping the path or direction of discovery. This is intended to be an open-ended premise, to support the range of work that may occur in artists' and writers' unique processes. 

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From the UN: 

"What Are Human Rights? Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status. Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education, and many more. Everyone is entitled to these rights, without discrimination."

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https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/human-rights

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Successful submissions may, but are not required to, focus on investigative, process-based exploration and material discovery. Successful submissions may couple rigorous (or subjective) analysis with documentation of investigative, process-based exploration and discovery. Submissions do not need to be factual; forms of literary fiction, subjective expression, abstraction, choreography, and/or non-narrative presentations will be considered as well. Submissions in all languages and media are welcomed.

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Please note: If your work is submitted and selected for the award, you consent to the publication of your submitted work by th_Eroses now and in the future. Not all submissions will win the award; there may be one submission chosen, or multiple submissions, or none of the submissions. Selected submissions will receive an email of acceptance and next steps. 

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Please submit work to theroses.directors@gmail.com with "Entry: A+HRRA 2025" in the subject line.

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