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gypsy woman
went downstairs
into the station with
her cardboard sign
small cold rain
— Sarah Menefee

PT Homeless Desk |  + Articles by this author

San Francisco poet and organizer Sarah Menefee is a long-time homeless rights activist. She is the Homeless Desk on the People’s Tribune Editorial Board, and a founding member of such organizations as the San Francisco Union of the Homeless, Homes Not Jails and 'First they came for the homeless’. Known for her poetry about the streets, her latest collections are Winter Rose, Sign and Holy Eel.

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