By Shireen Madon
It’s as though the birds all know each other, and how naively
they seem to believe the world will go…
they seem to believe the world will go…
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- By Shireen MadonYou stood beside our god, you anointed a human king, and yet you are forever
rendered the shortest of… - By Darius Simpsondo you remember in fifth grade
when i was all of eighty pounds
soaking wet and fully clothed
i told you… - By Sharon Lin, Tanaya Winder & Jameson FitzpatrickArrival of boats from faraway
headlines, newspaper stands selling
packet gum, candy bars, cigars. Ships… - By Anne Halsey1. Recent death of mother, keeps house for old father.No treatment; friends and amusement.2. Shock…
- By Elli PaionidouΑγωνίζεσαι, σαν ηϱωιϰός δϱομέας,
να ϰϱατήσεις τη σϰυτάλη της αξιοπϱέπειας.
Στις γυμνές ανηϕοϱιές σοϕός… - By Elli PaionidouYou strive to cling on to the baton
of integrity, like some heroic runner.
On the barren hill your sage… - By Malika Bookeri.
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the lord
and thus formed the habit of my non-naming,
there … - By Kira Alexis TuckerThese days, the plants are overtaking the plants,
abandoned factory packing centers overgrown
with … - By Kira Alexis TuckerWild for once, we drenched and drugged and flung
our sunstarved bodies into brunching and clubbing and… - By Dmitry Blizniukквартири кришаться під вибухами
як трухляві пні.
автівки згорають немов тополиний пух.
тиша здувається
і… - By Dmitry Blizniukпідвал. дальній кут і там старий
згорнутий у колючу більярдну кулю.
лікті й коліна випирають крізь … - By Wen Gu黑色的岩石上，雨珠碎裂
青色的岩石上，星星一滴一滴溅落
一千年、一万年，古老的风在唱:
“一万个、一千个，相似的夜晚”
骆驼的背后，有历史的风暴升起
山羊的唇角，留着沙葱花的清香
别问我们祖先们的秘密
闪电已经刻在… - By Yuan Xin一条小巷道，长220米，宽6.3米。
26年前的早晨，席力图召西侧，
骑着单车走过；10年前元宵节的夜晚，步行而过。
“圪料街”遗址，瓦屋三间，坍圮的砖坯墙，
立在大街正中，柏油马路到这里截断。
墙砖摇摇欲坠，… - By A’Er这一刻是沙漠从云端耸起
沉下的是恒河之旅
那是洗不去的光阴
一个小时代的美好派对
一支雪茄飘出的哈瓦那
曾经还是左派的年月
格瓦拉的伏特加扁酒壶
塞进一张列侬和洋子的美颜照
那时我们多么热爱和平
其实… - By Wen GuRain breaks on black rocks
Stars fall, one by one, on blue stones
A thousand years, ten thousand years… - By Yuan XinA little lane, 220 meters long, 6.3 meters wide.
Twenty-six years ago, I biked past the west side of … - By A’ErIt rises from the desert into clouds
It sinks into the river of eternity
Time can’t wash away
Its short… - By River 瑩瑩 Dandelionyou had to know the currents, & the sun
stay shallow to keep warm in the waters.
you had to believe you… - By River 瑩瑩 Dandelionwe wore watermelon husks to hide
lost cargo floating east to hong kong
water lilies & crickets our last…