Where I Leave You
“This is where I leave you: our faces maps no more, but lands for others to inhabit…”
A poem against borders, by Mahtem Shiferraw.
Mahtem Shiferraw is a poet, visual artist and cultural activist. She grew up in Eritrea and Ethiopia. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Vermont College. Her work has been published in The 2River View, Blast Furnace, Blood Lotus, Bohemian Pupil Press and elsewhere. She lives in Los Angeles.
Of God-Trees
“Every time I shave, just above the legs,/ and reach the protruding bones/…. I, again/ hear the whistling of the wrecked train.” Weekend poem, by Mahtem Shiferraw.
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