Refugee Child
“he is a blue child/ who came out of the sea/ in an orange dream…”
A poem against borders, by Usha Kishore.
Literature
Your Mystery is the Milky Way
“: Who wants most when the wave is weary?/ : Who’s marred most when the map is missing?”
A poem against borders, by Nathalie Handal.
Mediterranean Lyric
“hope is a sea-/ storm’s kindling…”
A poem against borders, by Khairani Barokka.
The Red Tree
“A few snowflakes fall between the tree and the hollow ground. Those yew trees are grown over the fence now…”
A poem against borders, by Julia Rose Lewis.
Portrait of a Girl at the Border Wall
“where do I put her?/ this girl pressed against the border/ this girl swallowing her papers whole…”
A poem against borders, by Sarah Lubala.
Midnight Train to Georgia
“Didn’t you know/ I was afraid to count the music/ on your side of midnight…”
A poem against borders, by Nathalie Handal.
Mushroom Weather
“He’d been deceived, like some fool, some dimwit ignorant of the wiles of pickpockets!” Story of the Week (February 17), by Agustina Bessa-LuÃs. Translated from the Portuguese by Victor Meadowcroft and Margaret Jull Costa.
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From ‘Petra’
“El-Siq says, be patient,/ persist for your eyes and feet/ to deserve this journey’s exhaustion./ The road will lengthen between light and shadow,/ the sky will disappear…”
Poem of the Week (February 15), by Amjad Nasser. Translated from Arabic by Fady Joudah.
Twenty Steps
“God doesn’t need a reason to throw someone down these twenty hard steps. That’s what makes him God.” Story of the Week (February 10), by Hélia Correia. Translated from the Portuguese by Annie McDermott.
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The Worst Ghosts
“Define in, I say when anyone asks/ if I’ve ever been in a war…”
Poem of the Week (February 8), by Hala Alyan.