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Refuge
Refuge by Ingrid Andersson There are two means of refuge…in life—music and cats. -Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Albert Schweitzer You could say my father’s heart was doomed from the beginning, in utero, in the years when doctors advised cigarettes for … Continue reading
Aleppo
Aleppo by Lola Haskins The father speaks of his six month old boy, born here, who has never seen the sky. The baby, he thinks, believes the rusty stains on the ceiling of the family’s one room are all there … Continue reading
Land of the Dead
Land of the Dead by Joan Dobbie What once was a homeland is now just a grey heap of stone, rubble and blood the stench of dead flesh hangs in the air making even the smallest life giving breath hard … Continue reading
Petition
Petition by Ann Koshel van Buren I felt the strike push straight through my body until it was stopped by my spine. My body which had known its borders lost its center as the impact filled my solar plexus, pressing … Continue reading
I wish I knew less of history
I wish I knew less of history by Arlene Wohl I wish I knew less of history how the spokes of its wheel keep turning always returning to the same sorry place where the snake is reminded to hiss and … Continue reading
Silence is a Prayerful Sound: A Sestina
Silence is a Prayerful Sound: A Sestina by Shelli Rottschafer We are here with sorrowful eyes and they are there. Sun rose early and came with a message no one expected. That kind of sound rings havoc upon swollen eardrums … Continue reading
Ti guardo dall’inferno/I’m Watching You from Hell
Ti guardo dall’inferno by Pina Panico Salemme Ti guardo dall’inferno Sono qui, qui sotto, dove il tuo sguardo fa fatica a vedere, mescolata in questo pasticcio di effimere credenze, di miti e sacralità. Cercami, sono qui, nel buio delle incertezze, … Continue reading
The Palestinian Boy in Plainfield, Illinois
The Palestinian Boy in Plainfield, Illinois by Rebecca Leet The skin I notice first and the eye of my heart keeps returning there milk chocolate and velvety like a Hershey bar melted in the summer sun with softness specific to … Continue reading
Oh Palestine, My Love
I’ve dreamed of visiting Palestine, the land of my ancestors, for as long as I can remember: witnessing the twisted branches of the olive trees I’ve long heard described; praying at the centuries-old Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem and gazing up … Continue reading
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Dead Boys
Dead Boys by J.Khan Title and last line after “Dead Girls” by Kim Addonizio The camera pans hillside jungle before zooming to our hero, face up, body splayed, and stubbed by a missing limb. Next, the signature close up: angled … Continue reading
