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The Robbery
The Robbery by Tariq Elhadary Gaza showed all our wickedness Scorned all our baseness! Stark naked we stood Watching where we should Have rushed to save the embryo Allow it to flourish till it could With fierce revenge blow The … Continue reading
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
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
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
A Wreath of War Gogyohka*
A Wreath of War Gogyohka* by Robert Findysz (War Again: October 2023) this time a massive assault if only from Gaza Hamas terror cells come by sea, overland, in the air thousands of rockets falling randomly everywhere so many butchered, … Continue reading
Song 28
A Call for Help Song 28 A Call for Help by Robert L. Giron My rock of strength, I call out: Hear me; be not far away. I cry out in this waste: Come near in haste. Protect me from … Continue reading
Ukraine is the Texas of the West-us
Ukraine is the Texas of the West-us by Kitty Templeton Fighting for their freedom Guns ablaze in glory To the Russian invaders horror 8 thousand people killed 8 million left their homes One hundred thousand soldiers fell Ukraine is the … Continue reading
