Talk from the Cylinder
“But by sundown their empathy has its limit for me…/a jew to be despised.” Weekend poem, by Arturo Desimone.
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Blood and cardboard
“life made you expert at hiding/… no one sees you and the wounds/ heal better in the darkness.” Poem of the Week (December 9), by Daniel von der Embse.
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in the age of globalization
“the plastic is getting dirty,/ and i need to renew my nice, healthy/ amerikan passport.” Weekend poem, by Shana Bulhan Haydock.
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Barrel
“…they turned the barrel towards us/ but I didn’t see it, I was busy pulling that boy down, underneath/ my guard…” Poem of the Week (December 2), by Deonte Osayande
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Razia
“For them your sex/ And your death was the same thing.” Weekend poem, by Manash Bhattacharjee.
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Olive Verses
“When the Damascus Steel/ lurched in the sky/ a crescent about to fall…” Poem of the Week (November 25), by Nineb Lamassu.
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In Conversation
“fear is a grain of sand/ bone fragment/ beetle of war” Weekend poem, by Delilah Des Agnes and Kat Soini.
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The earth had stopped turning
“I, who surrendered there beneath the cocoa trees/ where the elephant rots/ oh God in heaven…” Poem of the Week (November 18), by Enoh Meyomesse. Translated from French by Grace Hetherington.
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Vodka
“…loud fathers who shout at television anchors/ are best avoided…” Weekend poem, by Ashok Niyogi
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Of Idol Worship
“This is the effect of atheism on a certain mould/ of character – you build your gods out of stray people.” Poem of the Week (November 11), by Monidipa Mondal.
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