Poems Against Borders
“A moment of seeing and speaking to each other through and against the fences…”
The Missing Slate’s February 2017 online poetry issue.
Poems Against Borders
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.
Borders
“This is not a suitcase or a fleeing day. This is not Arabic jazz or a city of lights.”
A poem against borders, by Nathalie Handal.
Seams
“borders are like seams/ they must be sewed/ tightly to hold…”
A poem against borders, by Ottilie Mulzet.
Refugee Child
“he is a blue child/ who came out of the sea/ in an orange dream…”
A poem against borders, by Usha Kishore.
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.