January 21, 2025

A Palestinian Tomorrow—A New Poem by Randa Jarrar

by Randa Jarrar

Because today there is still a war and  maybe after the war there will be a day, if after the war I have a drum or even a mouth  to fix to say that we will dance  and laugh so hard a day  after the day after the war

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December 5, 2024

Before I Sleep—Poem from Forest of Noise

by Mosab Abu Toha

It looks me in the eye and recounts to me the many times it let me live.

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October 29, 2024

Flashbang

by Leila Mansouri

The building next door was stripped naked, its shattered windows gaping onto disarranged kitchens and bedrooms. My aunt’s building was leveled entirely. “Pow,” she said, flattening the air between her hands.

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