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Global Outcry

Issue 140: June 2023

Global Outcry

By Editor| 2023-06-15T07:12:50-07:00 June 15th, 2023|Categories: Issue 140: June 2023|Tags: Haiti, climate migrants, Russian war in Ukraine, Dominica, Syrian refugees, Amal El-Sayed, Afghan women, Iraqi women, Mexican immigrants, cartel violence, Palestine, Congo, Poetry, Ethiopia, refugees, Sudan, Nigeria|

By Amal El-Sayed A wave of blue and yellow— A sea of sky and grain Washed all over the world. Braving snowstorms and epidemics, You marched in the name of peace. A row of strollers lying in wait In Poland, in Slovakia. Supplies, donations, support. Homes—opening Families—welcoming The whole world—enclosing Ukraine with love. So much [...]

Letter to Aminu
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Letter to Aminu

Issue 136: 23 June 2022

Letter to Aminu

By Editor| 2022-07-14T12:33:28-07:00 June 23rd, 2022|Categories: Issue 136: 23 June 2022|Tags: Poetry, war, Ololade Akinlabi Ige, Nigeria, conflict, collateral damage|

By Ololade Akinlabi Ige After Salawu Olajide Dedicated to my country, Nigeria What greets you when you get here? Walls of broken spines? Fences of bleeding bruises? Burnt roofs that open mouths? Windows with wounded hearts? Your father was a victim of the last bomb explosion and his grave grows mushroom flowers. Your mother [...]