XVI To Henry Guy Carleton A good man gestures with the collar of his shirt I watch him as time churns wakefulnessclimbing the hours of a natural goodness like the roses in his garden He has a commitment I read it in ...
Two Poems by Róger Lindo Translated by Matthew Byrne
LAR Online, Translations
I want to be like thoseWho worship the sacred sunOur children catch its rays through rifle sightsSeconds before becoming lightSo beautiful, the morningSo divine, they sayBut daybreak bleeds through bullet holesEach ...
When the Sun Becomes Shrapnel by Ahmad Ibsais
LAR Online, Poetry
By the time we reached Temecula, she was pretty strung out. Her pink toenails looked like little candies against the gray leather dashboard, her knees jackknifed against her chest as she rocked back and forth. I tried to ...
Meteora by Alex Treuber
Fiction, LAR Online
Selections from Other Paths for Shahrazad (Tupelo Press, 2026).تفاصيل يوم عابر \ خولة جاسم الناهي - العراق :كنتُ أوّد أن أُخبرك عن تفاصيل يومي!عن شمس ...
Arabic Poems in Translation, Part 2
LAR Online, Translations
We live at the foot of Mount Monkshood, where our town ends and the wild land rises sharply beyond. Our backyard looks out onto the mountain, which is a problem, because the mountain watches us.
Monkshood lures ...
Dark Watchers by Jane Yager
Flash Fiction, LAR Online
water will come again
if you can wait for it.
—Lucille Clifton, “water sign woman”
Mid-March: You wish for the late-winter rain that Seattle is famed for. You wish for all the water the Pacific Northwest can ...
DESIRE IS AN IAMB by Lauren Fath
LAR Online, Nonfiction
Selections from Other Paths for Shahrazad (Tupelo Press, 2026).
كيف سنكتب عن الحب – الجزء 1 \ فيوليت أو الجلد - لبنان!نحن الذين فقدنا أطرافنا في حروب ...
Arabic Poems in Translation, Part 1
LAR Online, Translations
Mag Gabbert is the author of SEX DEPRESSION ANIMALS, which won the Charles B. Wheeler Prize and the Writer’s League of Texas Book Award in Poetry; the chapbook The Breakup, which won the Baltic ...
Two Poems by Mag Gabbert
LAR Online, Poetry
In the church in the fields, the original statue of Our Lady of Sonsoles sits near the sacristy. A copy stands at the altar. Legend has it that whenever attempts were made to carry the original from the grounds, it grew ...
Birthday at the Hermitage by Lana Spendl
Fiction, LAR Online
