Lately, I keep crossing
“I think about the woman with the palest skin/ sitting across the table from me. Think most/ of the cavernous spaces opaque by her eyes.”
Poem of the Week (December 21), by Lauren Camp.
Anum Lasharie
She Plays a Child’s Game
“The windows are red/ and ringing with silhouettes.”
Poem of the Week (December 14), by Mishka Hoosen.
Fi Yom Wi Leila
“Spare me this Arab love for dictators tonight./ Come closer, listen—Warda is singing…”
Poem of the Week (November 23), by Zeina Hashem Beck.