Poetry

Poem: Letter to the Americans

Poem: Letter to the Americans

If a Gazan were to write an open letter to the Americans, whose government helps underwrite Israel's war...

14 JULY 2021 • By Rayyan Al-Shawaf
Four Poems from Mosab Abu Toha

Four Poems from Mosab Abu Toha

Mosab Abu Toha divides his time between a life in the United States and a life in Gaza....

14 JULY 2021 • By Mosab Abu Toha
The World Grows Blackthorn Walls

The World Grows Blackthorn Walls

A new poem by Sholeh Wolpé from the forthcoming collection, Abacus of Loss, University of Arkansas Press 2022.

14 MAY 2021 • By Taylor Miller
Two Poems for Truth by Ammiel Alcalay

Two Poems for Truth by Ammiel Alcalay

Two new poems by Ammiel Alcalay, "Kashoggi or Kashog-ji?" and "Translation Theory", explore versions of the truth.

14 MARCH 2021 • By Rayyan Al-Shawaf
Poet in Pakistan: the Flamboyant Carolyn Kizer

Poet in Pakistan: the Flamboyant Carolyn Kizer

Biographer Marian Janssen reveals the big, brash, blonde feminist writer and poet Carolyn Kizer, who fascinated and shocked...

14 MARCH 2021 • By Marian Janssen
The Freedom You Want

The Freedom You Want

A poem for Syria by Mohja Kahf.

14 MARCH 2021 • By Charlie Faulkner
A visual poem from Hala Alyan: Gaza

A visual poem from Hala Alyan: Gaza

A spoken word poem from the author of The Twenty-Ninth Year and The Arsonists' City.

14 MARCH 2021 • By
Poetic Exploration of Illness Conveys Trauma

Poetic Exploration of Illness Conveys Trauma

I am waiting for the Tunisian American writer Leila Chatti to tell me, in her own words, in...

14 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By gethan&myles
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