Ballad of Lightning
On the place of poetry in a life that won't wait for you to heal.
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100 Days of War
The Trail of Tears at 120 MPH
By Martha Highers. We’re breaking all speed limits to get to there.
Decomposition
By Mary McColley. A poet in the West Bank reports on land held in the grip of devastating occupation.
A Dead Child is a Dead Child
By David Adès. The Israel-Hamas conflict is a war on children.
And That I Should Witness Such Beauty
For Shani Louk, the 23-year-old woman abducted from the Supernova Music Festival
The Same Sky Stretches Above All of Our Heads
By Shehrbano Naqvi. A portrait of a family in Gaza.
