October 28, 2023
The Bringers of Violence
Again, Fanon’s words come to mind: “The town belonging to the colonized people . . . the native town, the Negro village, the medina, the reservation, is a place of ill fame, peopled by men of evil repute. They are born there, it matters little where or how; they die there, it matters not where, nor how.”
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May 22, 2025
Four Poems
Protect the head, where the algae grow,
and the sun screams from the summit.
The head that has stared for centuries
into the sea as it closed its eyelids,
and never blinked.
May 16, 2025
The Thinker
We are flesh measured in kilograms,
my Palestinian colleague says in desperation
But you are a thinker not a doer
So you do nothing
May 6, 2025
FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Mizna, a founding member of the Poetry Coalition, is accepting applications for a paid Poetry Coalition Fellowship position. This position is 20 hours per week from September 2, 2025 to June 30, 2026. The total stipend is $20,000 plus $1,100 toward healthcare. The Poetry Coalition is a national alliance of nearly thirty organizations dedicated to working together to promote the value poets bring to our culture and the important contribution poetry makes in the lives of people of all ages...
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