Refugee Woman
By Noushin Arefadib
She is a refugee.
She is a woman.
In her country if she speaks the truth of her government’s violations of her most basic human rights, she can be imprisoned, beaten, … Continue reading→
A Brief Meal
By Tammy Ho Lai-Ming
I.
Today, I had an interview in Central with a man
who had survived the Great Famine. When the
famine began he was only ten, yet he remembered
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Opposition to Solitary
by Kumar Ambuj
He is a pebble
In the comfort of your sleep
A tiny thought
A word in your shining language that
Makes you stutter
A pothole in your way
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In Istanbul: Faith Has No Name
By Lenore Weiss
1.
Old men talking on park benches
sound the same in every country,
a soft humming of the same tune,
witnesses to toppled governments,
news of sickness, … Continue reading→
Port Washington song
By Robert Bohm
The crows’ ascent
begins in grass at the gravestone’s edge
as it flaps its wings, then in silence
flies above an untrimmed hedge.
A tiny Jeremiah, I sat in … Continue reading→