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Poetry Team

Literature, Poetry, UncategorizedOctober 27, 2013

Badlands

By Babar Moghal, Taylor Supplee

“The sun dips into an unknowable// tomorrow just beneath my fingertips.” Weekend Poem, by Taylor Supplee.

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Literature, PoetryOctober 20, 2013

The Faber Book of

By Rowland Bagnall

“The publishers would like to/ Gratefully acknowledge themselves.” Weekend poem, by Rowland Bagnall.

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Literature, PoetryOctober 12, 2013

Walking

By Leslie L. Nielsen

“It could be a remote suburb of Byzantium or the edge/ of a more familiar place.” Weekend Poem, by Leslie L. Nielsen.

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Literature, PoetryOctober 8, 2013

Peshawar, 1976

By Patricia Hale

“The sun was always moving/ from one sky to another.// Do you understand?” Poem of the Week (October 8), by Patricia Hale.

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Literature, PoetryOctober 6, 2013

Inquisition

By Mark J. Mitchell

“And these are the verbs, neatly/ stacked. You think they bite. They/ don’t, but they sting a bit.” Weekend poem, by Mark J. Mitchell.

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Literature, PoetryOctober 1, 2013

Parallel Lines

By Eamonn Stewart

“Still, the habit in Belfast grows/ Like a DeLorean/ Doing the white lines in the road.” Poem of the Week (October 1), by Eamonn Stewart.

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Literature, PoetrySeptember 29, 2013

Bad Things Happened

By Holly Day

“They were as powerful as they were exotic, the ghosts/ of terror, His omniscience, the flapping of stained sheets/ just out of sight.” Weekend poem, by Holly Day.

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Literature, PoetrySeptember 24, 2013

primetime news

By Athena Kashyap

“Close up, her face/ dissolves into blank squares./ She does not know anymore/ who she is.” Poem of the Week (September 24), by Athena Kashyap.

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Literature, PoetrySeptember 17, 2013

A Dreamed Seascape

By Mark J. Mitchell

“The sea/ is slate, still. What passes for light/ weighs heavy on you.” Poem of the Week (September 17), by Mark J. Mitchell

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Literature, PoetrySeptember 15, 2013

Adoration #6

By Darren C. Demaree

“It was lovely to/ spend those moments lessening my/ own loneliness.” Weekend poem, by Darren C. Demaree.

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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 maryamp@themissingslate.com.

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