Excerpts from “Don’t Say My Son Is Walking in Heaven” – Islam Nawwar, trans. Phoebe Bay Carter
1 I was in my bedroom when I heard the muezzin call: “Praaaaaayer is better than sleep / praaaaayer ...
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While the Spring Light Moves Around the Room- Selected Poems from an Italian Lockdown by Rina Xhihani
Today I said twenty-three words Today I said twenty-three words Some people would say “a good twenty-three words” others ...
“In Terms of You, Homeland” and other poems by Mohamed Chouchane
A Certain Homeland And in terms of you, homeland! *** In an Arab homeland, we lean on the table ...
Three poems from the forthcoming book “A Son of the Stars” – Carmelo Militano
October, 1909, Brancusi studio, 54 rue du Montparnasse Or a short history of Modi’s career as a sculptor The ...
This Is Not A Feminist Poem – Wana Udobang (a.k.a. Wana Wana)
This is not a feminist poem This is not a feminist poem This is not contorted metaphors with neither punch ...
Silence in the Museum – Mia Funk
‘LOOK AT HER EYES. They’re empty. You can tell she’s really cold or probably never had an orgasm in her ...
NINE INCONVENIENT LOVE POEMS – Walter Valeri
English translation by Pina Piccolo. I In this the moon resembles us Crescents plucked from its fullness Growing ...
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HAIR IN THE WIND – Calling on poets to join international project in solidarity with the women of Iran
HAIR IN THE WIND we invite all poets from all countries to be part of the artistic-poetic performance HAIR IN...
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