“Poetry and beauty are always making peace. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down.” — Mahmoud Darwish Palestine Resistance has exposed Colonialism. Refusing to leave, and willing to die, we long proper burials in our own earth that you brutally deny… Why strip us of this right to sanctify […]
In 1999, like most baby millennials, our parents dictated the family television. In my Midwestern home, I woke up to Katie Couric and Matt Lauer’s news reports on Today before school. After I returned home, the ritutal continued. As mom prepared dinner, usually a meatloaf, buttery mashed potatoes, and a side of green beans– I’d […]
Glitterati You meet people in the winter Because they sparkle Mesmerizing, the reflection of yourself in the water Freezing and seizing your every stare Refracting momentary glare back unto Angelic faces standing behind you. Glitterati—spying ahead, we wed Those boiling with compliments In the dead of winter. Jacuzzi filled Tears wipe […]
