crip wisdom ghazal

By Tala Khanmalek unbound pages carry my inheritance from Baba
a strategy to get around the system, like Baba

Apokaluptein

By Hayan Charara The Arab apocalypse began around the year
of my birth, give or take—
the human apocalypse,
a few thousand years earlier.

By Arianna Monet I say Well, it is a compound word, so..

Code. Noun.
A system of marking things with different colors
as a means of identification.

By Aurora Levins Morales Why do they call us "the patient"
We are not patient. We endure.

By Adela Najarro I have learned to speak dementia
by looking straight into her eyes
smiling, laughing, then digging deep

By Joselia Rebekah Hughes Black able rack able
hack able tack able
lack able slack able

By Liv Mammone The train is a creature that moves like water.
It has no eyes, only a sharp
mouth that closes on those too slow.

By David James "DJ" Savarese The ear that hears the cardinal
hears in red;

the eye that spots the salmon

By Eli Clare drift
lose time
gain time

By Travis Chi Wing Lau I shrug off my messenger onto the floor and forget to kiss you when I walk through the door.