Love Poem by Ahmad Almallah
“yet there is always talk of Syria, there is always / talk of home” — Ahmad Almallah
Wings of Return by Don Mee Choi
"In light, we all were ailing from separation and homesickness. In light, we had to find a way to settle down, as my mother said. In light, we lived like birds." — Don Mee Choi
For the Stranger by Carolyn Forché
"Days later, you are showing me / photographs of a woman and children / smiling from the windows of your wallet." — Carolyn Forché
To Those Who Have Lost Everything by Francisco X. Alarcón
"mountains / will speak / for you" — Francisco X. Alarcón
Postcard from Kashmir by Agha Shahid Ali
"This is home. And this the closest / I'll ever be to home." — Agha Shahid Ali