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When my love arrived into my life
they brought noise. Their ideas
their laugh, their loud joy. They rumbled
thunder in the
distance.
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— Fatimah Ashgar
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The hoot of being alive. Name it
whatever you
like.
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— Steven Leyva
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When we go together, what is the simple form we
make?
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— Harryette Mullen
Poem
Laughter
By Rüştü Onur
Translated By Ulaş Özgün & Hüseyin Alhas
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You make the tender parts of me
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— Athena Nassar
Poem
Lacao
By Rosabetty Muñoz
Translated By Claudia Nuñez de Ibieta
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