Bitter Sweet (For my granny Mbuya Kwenda on her 92nd birthday) What a beautiful sight to behold You atop the giant mountain of time Looking back into time Aeon upon aeon Sucking in both happy and sad memories Remembering the bountiful harvests that made you an envied farmer Remembering too your people who fell byContinue reading “Bitter Sweet. a poem by Dakarai Mashava“
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3 poems by Mansour Noorbakhsh
For Mahsa Amini There is a sign for life and for death too. In the midst of the chaos of Death preachers and the silence of us, the victims. The bruise of your eye is a sign that you had known the life. You crossed the fearful border of silence to leave the chaos ofContinue reading “3 poems by Mansour Noorbakhsh”
The Knight. a poem by Todd Matson
The Knight She shouldn’t be here? Are you referring to how she shouldn’t have survived being born so premature only to prematurely lose her mom at age 4 when she had to go live with her aunt where she was mentally, emotionally, verbally, physically and sexually abused by her uncle from 4 to 14, andContinue reading “The Knight. a poem by Todd Matson“
In the bewitched aviary. a poem by Paweł Markiewicz
In the bewitched aviary The sonnet according to Mr. Shakespeare Helots muse about moony Golden Fleece of the condor. Drudges think of the dreamy eternal dew of the hen. Philosophers ponder on winged fantasy of the crow. Kings ruminate on a picturesque gold of the jay. Priests contemplate the dreamed, soft, meek weird of theContinue reading “In the bewitched aviary. a poem by Paweł Markiewicz”
Damselflies. a poem by Anne Sorbie
Damselflies What if we women all met in the Garden of Eden stretched our arms wide as branches stood together embracing our art with joy What if we flew down to the river to kneel washed each other’s tired feet offering the healing that comes with touch as our kind has done for millennia TheContinue reading “Damselflies. a poem by Anne Sorbie”
3 poems by Laura Sweeney
MEDITATION ON CAREENING If you are careening toward the darkness standing at the intersection of New Beginnings and Old Era Road, confused about how to recover from a rut remember bad shit happens but bitches who are bad bounce back. Walk the tidepool against the current. You do not have to be discreet reserved orContinue reading “3 poems by Laura Sweeney“
4 poems by Anjum Wasim Dar
When the Only Son leaves home for studies abroad. Everlasting Bonds, by Birth I never felt the distance before, Nor sensed the silence in the room, I never missed the familiar footstep Nor the clutching click of the door; Now often I think I hear The soft burr of your bike Rolling, whirring in theContinue reading “4 poems by Anjum Wasim Dar“
3 poems by Alene Sen
control throw a net wait and see catch me trap me cage me i am more than meets the eye i flit i flutter i want to fly you know little of what you keep take a pause and look at me see the tears trickle down hear my heartbeat POUND POUND POUND i wantContinue reading “3 poems by Alene Sen“
2 poems by Halima Juma Adam
A ray of hope A sunshine at a cloudy day A light in the dark A drop of cold water On a hot-dry sunbathed skin At the heart of a sunny day In the middle of sandy desert Where everything feels cruel A hope in the misery A relief in the pain A breath inContinue reading “2 poems by Halima Juma Adam“
3 poems by D. R. James
Epigraph Poems are never completed— they are only abandoned. —Paul Valéry So as I begin this one— vowing as an experiment not to give in to the vice of revision, that sumo of manipulation I so try to apply to my life— I wonder where I’ll leave it. Will it be in some sun-warmed clearing,Continue reading “3 poems by D. R. James”
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