Prayer by NORHAN ZAHER If I flatten my lips, in prayer, against your forehead or rest my forehead against your heart would you open to us one massive claw? Would you cradle my country in...
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Drench by DANNY KEIGHTLEY I lose my breath in your cinnamon falls, that straggle the arc of your spine, like an opaque river. I let my fingertips waltz your stomach's inhales - palms against...
Woolgathering by NORHAN ZAHER Sometimes I wish my heart would grow white columns and hanging plants that when broken it would develop into something delicious and sinful and...
Broken Rib by NORHAN ZAHER You were something dark, rich and halting lingering on the tip of my tongue Not quite peppermint drops Not quite cinnamon. But what was I? Braids, jasmine and...
Nurtured Ears by MELISSA COOK Tonight, I slumped 'gainst our door -sipping coffee- Your music it settled me - as though you had taken a paint brush to my spine and danced a melody. a...
Sunset by KIKO V. "You need to release the pressure in the hose when you're done watering!" I gently scold my mother using the same tone of voice she had often used with me decades...