By Victor D. Infante
There is a manner in which you chew too long on irrelevant questions, the way you feel obliged to answer them, but find instead a stuttering nothing lodged in your throat, a stammer as you begin …
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By Rich Villar
Disclaimers:
I’m a poet. I talk a lot about poems. I realize that the argument is about literature in general.
You will also notice a lot of politics in this essay.
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The Immigrant
By Afzal Moolla
Seeking solace.
Seeking a home.
The immigrant finds,
rotten prejudice.
Fungal anger.
The immigrant,
alone, hoping for,
A solitary chance.
To belong.