By Frank X Walker
Nobody slept. We just lay there stretched out
on the floor like we did when we were kids,
all lined up…
on the floor like we did when we were kids,
all lined up…
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- By Frank X WalkerBoth of them were history, even before one
pulled the trigger, before I rocketed through
the smoking barrel… - By Darrel Alejandro HolnesBeloved,
we have lost the gardenias
that once trembled
on your collarbone
like soft refusals.
we have… - By Frank X WalkerHumiliate her mother at every checkpoint.
Replace the Second Surah with air raids and shelling.
Reduce… - By Lesyk PanasiukСтарі велосипеди вперто приносять
палки в колесах своїм господарям
досі тягнуть усе до рота
як малюки щ… - By Lesyk PanasiukОдин російський громадянин
вийшов на вулицю
з плакатом война
російські міліціонери
запакували його в автозак
Інші росіяни
уважно спостерігали за цим
і знімали все на телефони
Одна російська громадянка
вийшла на вулицю
з плакатом мир
російські міліціонери
запакували її в автозак
Інші росіяни
почали ставати в чергу до автозака
з плакатами й без
Один російський солдат
почав читати роман
одного російського бороданя
далі обкладинки не пішов
бо й так усе ясно
читати між рядків
його навчили ще в школі - By Shlagha BorahSay a scene is being set—unrest, uprising. Teargas, gunshots, fire, smoke. So much smoke. University…
- By Lesyk PanasiukTranslated By Katie Farris & Ilya KaminskyOld bicycles stubbornly pull sticks into their wheels,
pull everything into their mouths
like infants… - By Lesyk PanasiukTranslated By Katie Farris & Ilya KaminskyA Russian citizen
took to the streets
with a sign that read war.
The Russian police
shoved him into… - By E. Ethelbert Miller“I can’t breathe,” he said.
But there was no air.
Only the absence of trees
and rope. The swaying
of… - By E. Ethelbert Millerhere
near the entrance to the subway
the underground
we stand in each other’s eyes
once lovers
now … - By Eileen MylesIsrael’s started
bombing
Gaza again
I don’t know
where to put it
in relation
to the ordinary
sadness… - By E. Ethelbert Millergaza at daybreak
dogs sniff among the ruins
the graves are multiplying - By Shann RayI . seated at a table for two inside Caffè Florian Venice
- By Darius Simpsondo you remember in fifth grade
when i was all of eighty pounds
soaking wet and fully clothed
i told you… - By Elana BellOnce in a village that is burning
because a village is always somewhere burning And if you do not look… - By Inua EllamsWe were wild children / we moved through space / like blades
We were tame children / we fell to sleep… - By Linda HoganFor those who don’t come to the end of this poem,
some harsh and endless wave of ocean
will bring to… - By River 瑩瑩 Dandelionwe wore watermelon husks to hide
lost cargo floating east to hong kong
water lilies & crickets our last… - By River 瑩瑩 Dandelionyou had to know the currents, & the sun
stay shallow to keep warm in the waters.
you had to believe you…