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Poetry , Volume 9, Issue 2
Haibun Littoral
Locked inside office hours, I look at a map and plan my next walk.
Poetry , Volume 9, Issue 2
Finding Nomadic Refuge
When my mother lived in Prague / and I lived in her / my father collected papers / for our immigration / and I entered the refuge of a refugee / in a…
Poetry , Volume 9, Issue 2
A Melancholy Tribute
When stars die, they disappear, / but we take no notice of them, / They take none of us. / Yes, but when something dies, / it should have a place / in a…
Poetry , Volume 9, Issue 1
Caged Bird
In the narrow Msida yard where my daughter’s ancestors grow lettuce: a greenfinch. / My girl reaches her hand and makes an open-close motion, little paw…
Poetry , Volume 9, Issue 1
Grief Song
After Immanuel Mifsud / Night fell and cars lit their headlamps. / Night fell and street lights flared. / Night fell and the sky glowed gold. / Night fell…
Poetry , Volume 9, Issue 1
Wifedom
After Sharon Olds / Across my hands taps spurt water / hot enough to use.
Poetry , Volume 9, Issue 1
Afternoon Moon
After Nicole Gonzalez / In the afternoon the moon / gets up from its desk, / goes to the bus stop.
Poetry , Volume 9, Issue 1
My First Song
I was maybe 5 or 6, / downstairs at my grandma’s house / with the orange 70s carpet / repeating lines I had come up with. / Something of opposites, of ice…
Poetry , Volume 9, Issue 1
Ap-a-ta-pa-tit
Stench lingers beneath my arms / stretching knuckles against smooth white, / it speaks to me, saying—steady, steady. / Filling the hollow of my hips—more,…