Hand of War by Hosam Maarouf
“We hold war’s hand, / convinced that this is the last time / it waves catastrophe to us” — Hosam Maarouf
The War Works Hard by Dunya Mikhail
“Some are lifeless and glistening / others are pale and still throbbing
Kinder than Man by Althea Davis
“If I am killed / for simply living, / let death be kinder / than man.” — Althea Davis
Passer Mortuus Est by Edna St. Vincent Millay
“Unremembered as old rain / Dries the sheer libation, / And the little petulant hand / Is an annotation.” — Edna St. Vincent Millay
White Apples by Donald Hall
“if he called again / I would put on my coat and galoshes” — Donald Hall
Afternoon by Max Ritvo
“What am I missing? I ask / patting my chest / pocket. // and I am missing everything living / that won’t come with me / into this sunny afternoon” — Max Ritvo
I Suffer A Phobia Called Hope by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat
"The grieving have only the unknown. / It’s their only staple and inheritance. / Pain has no logic. All things redeem / the grieving except your rational questions." — Maya Abu Al-Hayyat
My death is not a song by Mohammed Moussa
“Remember not my name / But the names of my kids / who you killed while / they were carrying my death” — Mohammed Moussa
Night, Death, Mississippi by Robert Hayden
“Time was. A cry? / A cry all right. / He hawks and spits, / fevered as by groinfire.” — Robert Hayden
