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Poetry Team

Literature, PoetryMay 4, 2014

For La Llorona

By David Ishaya Osu, Jihane Mossali

“come when the rains/ will not stain your/ lily-white shroud// where the sun/ will not freeze/ your blood…” Weekend poem, by David Ishaya Osu.

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Literature, PoetryApril 20, 2014

An Old Soul Angles Inside Itself

By Cortney Lamar Charleston, Khan & Kowarski

“Waits for a tug at the bait:/ a book with blank pages strung/ from the hook of a question mark.” Weekend poem, by Cortney Lamar Charleston.

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Literature, PoetryApril 6, 2014

World Pageant, Miss Germany 2013 – ‘Beauty with a Purpose’

By Aisha Rajar, Samuel Reilly

“It diminishes you,/ Amina, so// To sell your splendour/ In the name of charity…” Weekend poem, by Samuel Reilly.

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Literature, PoetryApril 1, 2014

the trials and tribulations of a well-endowed woman

By Amra Khan, Hira A

“my breasts offend my father,/ more so than my opinions…” Poem of the Week (April 1st), by Hira A.

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Literature, PoetryMarch 30, 2014

Acrosticalyptic

By Chitra Pritam, Jordan Blum

” Meanwhile, as he’s saying this, I can’t help but notice the goatee/ Eerily sprouting around his mouth. His teeth are as white as the/ Angels that betrayed him…” Weekend poem, by Jordan Blum.

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Literature, PoetryMarch 23, 2014

Quiet Paths, Quiet Stones

By Frank C. Praeger

“Green buffers green, all of yesterday/ converges/ into thickly arching swatches./ Just out of sight a late despair…” Weekend poem, by Frank C. Praeger.

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Literature, PoetryMarch 18, 2014

The Allure of Accidents

By Iris Mahan

“The one I liked best/ was the house with the tree/ that had been peeled/ like a banana/ by that tornado…” Poem of the Week (March 18) by Iris Mahan.

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Literature, PoetryMarch 16, 2014

little lambs and my dog

By Mary Kasimor

“the music began like a baby/ small faces (delicate fruit sounds)/ a terrible noise in the back room…” Weekend poem, by Mary Kasimor.

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Literature, PoetryMarch 4, 2014

Ambala

By Kenneth Steven Sherill, Shanta Acharya

“She burst into my room dancing, humming,/ a force of nature, her dark skin gleaming,/ cleaving me with her beauty’s pulse.” Poem of the Week (March 4), by Shanta Acharya.

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Literature, PoetryMarch 2, 2014

Winter Tarot

By Andrzej Masianis, Charles F. Thielman

“she twirls a sable brush/ in one hand/ and reaches for the next card…” Weekend poem, by Charles F. Thielman.

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One last love letter...

April 24, 2021

It has taken us some time and patience to come to this decision. TMS would not have seen the success that it did without our readers and the tireless team that ran the magazine for the better part of eight years.

But… all good things must come to an end, especially when we look at the ever-expanding art and literary landscape in Pakistan, the country of the magazine’s birth.

We are amazed and proud of what the next generation of creators are working with, the themes they are featuring, and their inclusivity in the diversity of voices they are publishing. When TMS began, this was the world we envisioned…

Though the magazine has closed and our submissions shuttered, this website will remain open for the foreseeable future as an archive of the great work we published and the astounding collection of diverse voices we were privileged to feature.

If, however, someone is interested in picking up the baton, please email Maryam Piracha, the editor, at [email protected].

Farewell, fam! It’s been quite a ride.