THE ARTS

POETRY & PROSE

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Gift
Featured Illustration: Rocío Montoya Mirrors bleed a blinding white, light fractured over fractured features. Wrapped across my body, I see white ribbon…
M.A. RIAZ
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An Indian Girl
Featured Illustration: Upasana Agarwal I used to feel Uncomfortable In my own skin   My dark brown hue And even my kin…
SANJANA KARTHIK
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Locket
Inside the rusted locket Lies the old burnt image From a time I can no longer see Of someone long lost But…
ANEESHA SARAN
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Now That’s a Meet Cute
Featured Image: A still from the movie ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ (2013) Henry cracked his knuckles and took a huge swig out…
TEJASHREE MURUGAN
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
“It’s been a pilgrimage”: In conversation with Poet and Artist Mashnun Munir
Mashnun Munir is a lot of things; a poet, a podcast cohost, a Muslim boy from Orlando. Having discovered himself through art…
CHRISTOPHER SORIANO
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Voices from Afghanistan
Featured Illustration: Shehzil Malik They call to us from under the Afghan Sun, their skin bright like amber kindled under flame, and…
M.A. RIAZ
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Bad Love and Old Lies
She was proud. That much she knew. Lying in the hot Italian sun she turned once again watching as the world whirled…
SANAA MIRZ
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Sixteen in Clarksville
Featured Artwork: Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene, 1864 by Simeon Solomon (1840-1905) In Clarksville, they were just children —…
KENNEDY KELIS
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The Flowers are Waxing Poetic
I wonder what Spring and Colour do while they observe from the alcoves of their Season. I like to think they flirt…
LYDIA STROHFELDT
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Noor Unnahar: At the Intersection of Poetry and Art
Featured Images: Noor Unnahar Born and raised in Pakistan, Noor Unnahar is a best-selling poet and visual artist. She is currently pursuing her…
TEJASHREE MURUGAN
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I will be Billing The Peddler of Pretence for my Time
Featured Image: Evan Fitzer I am not my lover’s keeper If his happiness is dependent on me Then I am not to…
THAEA DEILAMI
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My First Poem Was Titled ‘Futility’
Featured Image: Joe deSousa White caps of snow on the roof, pure and tranquil, and maybe I will, lay on this roof…
THAEA DEILAMI

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