In the corridor down the street I saw myself and I was another. It’s a long, narrow corridor between the high brick walls of several buildings, which makes for a peaceful walk at night. At the hour when the space is ...
A Walk at Night by Luis Torres
LAR Online, Poetry
Sometimes when I write it feels like I am lifting
here is a little performance about beauty there’s one
about what the owl does to the squirrel’s throat
in the night and now I’ll ...
A Poem by Jennifer K. Sweeney
LAR Online, Poetry
Bullet Is a Good Name for a Horse
..................“But in the middle of the second verse, I got tired. I had a tune, and I didn't want to waste the
..................tune; it was a nice little melody, so I ...
2 Poems by Catherine Pierce
LAR Online, Poetry
The Old Country
That was our future: the riverbanks tamed
with brickwork, the train timetable listing
missing stops, our town’s surviving industries
of young beauties, liquor stores, ...
2 Poems by Megan Harlan
LAR Online, Poetry
Goes by Mark Irwin
Goes the jet laying down its shadow, grazing
rapid ground. Goes the clone undoing species. Goes
the email’s whoosh alone to others. Goes the boy abused to field. Goes
his kite ...
2 Poems by Mark Irwin
LAR Online, Poetry
Leaf-keep, un-sibyl; if the soul
......Has the weight of a swallow, what less
......Has the weight of a sip?
............-Joyelle McSweeney, “Tea-Strainer”
I tick, lip-quiver, my head hung low and ...
Self-Portrait as Suicide by Isabelle Doyle
LAR Online, Poetry
Split
Down the middle
On the one end
I have Her
The American dream
Her faith on the back burner
On the other end
We have Her
The one who beams
At the thought of god
Who thinks of nothing ...
Blooming Moons: a Poem by Mira Hammoud
Blooming Moons, LAR Online
The perfect Hijabi
Hijabi, a woman who wears the hijab,
Hijabi, a woman frowned upon in this world,
Hijabi, a woman looked down upon by her community.
She tugs at the ends of my hijab, thinking about how she ...
Blooming Moons: 2 Poems by Simra Shadood
Blooming Moons, LAR Online
ornate
[herᆞgrade 5]
“Tomorrow is Eid, so school will be closed. It’s a Muslim holdiay. Is anyone here Muslim?”
silence.
“Anyone? Does anyone know about Eid?”
followed by silence.
“Okay, ...