IN DEFENSE OF ISRAEL by Regina Saad
Struggle of the Jewish PeopleBy Regina Saad
The crack of the afikomen:The broken cracker symbolizing struggle.The struggle of the Seder finally ending.
The rule to not...
THAT DAY by Girard Tournesol
Standing Dead
I stand reckoningthe struggle of distance between me and standingdead timbers Tall slender mo’ai gray and silent I listenThe field to the wetlands hums Starburstsof stingers flit...
THEORY OF RELATIVITY by Abena Ntoso
Greetings to Hannah S. Jones
Dear lovely daughter,
Let us always expect full respect, nothing less.People will offer us much less at times,even hurl disrespect at...
IT WILL BE OK, I LIED by Jessica Lorraine
He walks in here with a blank look on his face, stops in front of me and asks, ‘what’s wrong with you?” “Nothing.” I lie. He nods and walks away. Of course...
TRUTH by David Romanda
Look
You don’t want your desperation to show.Neither do I. We already share something that runs deep.We have a foundationon which to build our Palace of Joy.
VOICELESS by Anna Kapungu
LETTERS FROM HOME
In the deserted daysWhere the sun is my championAnd the blood thirsts for waterI tell the rays what I miss the mostHear my breathingSweat drip down...
SAUDADES by Daniela Vecchia
Samba
From top of floatsI throw you flowersSway my hip in the airTurn my backTurn my headAnd send you a kiss:a hurtful kiss.
Those were the...
ERASE THE BROKEN THINGS by Sarah Stephens
Lie with me in this moment
sink into the book of mewhere all my stories wait to be told. Take out the pagesand read–
It’s not...
MOON GIRL by Lora Robinson
bitters and rye
I was the sandcastle dream you built by the baybrackish little Betty, jetty mouthspewing toward the only cloud in AugustSavannah sazerac, lemon rindsyour slant rhymesyour question-marked...
SMILE THROUGH IT by Michael Duke
UntitledDown under the house, I am not a person, but a temporary ghost.I’m smoking my useless time. This space feels like a bunker’s tomb.Thoughts blurry in my mind’s eye, I wrestle with...
