Blue Innocents
"That you died no one would doubt."
Journalism in Verse
An American Jew Speaks With a Ceaseless Witness
Gaza is not yours to dream.
The Same Sky Stretches Above All of Our Heads
By Shehrbano Naqvi. A portrait of a family in Gaza.
Sticks and Stones
By Megan Merchant. Chemical attacks and prolonged airstrikes in Syria inspire fierce maternalism.
With Open Arms I Have Heard
By Stephen Byrne. This poem is based on the testimony of many refugees.
Aleppo Portrait
By Devon Balwit. A man smokes his pipe and listens to music in his destroyed Syrian bedroom.
The Opening Bell
By Joseph M. Gerace. On the breaking news that the U.S. launched air strikes against Syria.
Woman Mourning Son [AUDIO]
By Philip Metres. A woman in Iraq mourns her son, caught in the crosshairs of an F-16.
