Self-Portrait with Woman on Subway by Hayan Charara
“Twenty years on, / I could’ve said something, / anything—” — Hayan Charara
Love Poem With Tinnitus by Christy Lee Barnes
“part of love I think is sitting with the pain / you’d fix if you could, but can’t.” — Christy Lee Barnes
Annihilation by Ross White
“Crack apart my canines if I erupt, / grind the tongue to jam.” — Ross White
Algo in the genocide by Omar Sakr
“What are we left with at the end? / A murdered dictionary and field” — Omar Sakr
The temple bell stops by Matsuo Basho
“but the sound keeps coming / out of the flowers.” — Matsuo Basho
And Again the Magnolia by Hajara Quinn
“And again // the stupid magnolia goes // stupidly showboating // into the stupid night.” — Hajara Quinn
I Went Out to Hear by Leila Chatti
“My God. How lucky to have lived / a life I would die for.” — Leila Chatti
When You Say “Protestors” instead of Protectors by Noʻu Revilla
“So it’s best I keep hiding knives in my hair, the way my grandmother – not god – the way my grandmother intended.” — Noʻu Revilla