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  • Article
    By Ammiel Alcalay, Emna Zghal & Khaled al-Hilli

    Important in ways we have yet to comprehend.

  • Poem

    poetry-magazineSin Título

    By Paura Rodríguez Leytón
    Juntos vamos limpiándonos el polvo.
    Juntos lamiendo la oscuridad,
    remachando el silencio
    con augurios cotidianos…
  • Poem

    poetry-magazineNocturnal Spirits

    By Nasser Rabah
    Discarded clothes come out at night,
    they roam around in cold rooms,
    wearing the words of their owners…
  • Poem
    By Nasser Rabah
    It just so happens that I gather emptiness in my shirt pocket
    and run like I have things to do or I’m…
  • Poem

    poetry-magazineEarly Absence

    By Nasser Rabah
    Not enough time to learn how to play an instrument that
    sounds like your steps climbing the stairs at…
  • Poem

    poetry-magazineUntitled

    By Paura Rodríguez Leytón
    Together we’ll dust ourselves off, 
    lick the darkness together, 
    clench the silence
    with everyday omens…
  • Poem

    poetry-magazinerain poem

    By Manny Loley
     rain passed through

     just now
     rain

     chxósh

    chxósh

     chxósh

     chxósh

     rain rained

    now
     rainbow
     stretches

    water   …
  • Poem

    poetry-magazinestar poem

    By Manny Loley
    night drapes
    stars emit light
    around the north star-fire
    stars journey
    in their wake
    stories extend…
  • Poem
    By
    Desember adalah penggaris yang lurus, lurus sekali,
    dan putus dalam kelurusannya. Putus yang
    tersembunyi…
  • Poem
    By
    December is a straight ruler, very straight,
    and broken in its straightness. A break
    hidden in its fracture…
  • Poem
    By Antonio Gamoneda
    From the violent dampnesses, from

    the places where residues

    of storms and sobs intertwine

    comes

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