A Difference

Poetry by Ayesha Tariq Ali Sometimes, I think, I’ve lived too long. Seen a thousand ships sink, But then one floats along. Days pass by, Without any hope. But then comes a tie, Which leads me to cope. Youth has no age, My experience echos. And so I turn a new page,...

A List of Thoughts

Poetry by Ariana Tyler A list of thoughts, beginning with the fact that tears and sweat taste the same. And the wondering if there is any reason sweat is considered the product of hard work and tears the product of weakness. Ending swiftly with the thought that in any...
Nighthawks

Nighthawks

Poetry by Noon Abdelrazig It was thirty minutes to midnight. Harvest moon heavy in the quietening sky, blood orange whispers in the trees, sealed by the humming rhythm of the glass, the bus engine playing jazz. You sat there facing me, sad-eyed, globed shoulders,...
Fairy Dance

Fairy Dance

I dance with the fairies, I play in the stars, I jump from rainbows, I gaze from afar, At the wishes and dreams, Of an innocent mind, I long for the youth, I once had so blind, When I couldn’t see danger, I couldn’t see bad, In the people around me, I could never be...
Grief and Hope

Grief and Hope

A sigh on the breeze, a delicate transience passing through, life is so fragile and precarious. How do we deal with grief? As a loved one fades away leaving us like a lone pillar holding up a ceiling ready to crash down around us, it can feel like all is in ruins and...

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