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This Time, Ukraine

Issue 141: September 2023

This Time, Ukraine

By Editor| 2023-09-04T11:45:57-07:00 September 13th, 2023|Categories: Issue 141: September 2023|Tags: Mercedes Lawry, the ravages of war, Russia war against Ukraine, Ukraine|

By Mercedes Lawry Beneath the ground a green thunder, roots weave among limbs of the fallen, so war digs and swallows and the birds still etch the smoking sky. Prayers falter, disappear. How do we watch from afar, our fingers twitching, our thoughts but ashes? Hopeless it seems as the rusty wheel of history creaks [...]

War Ghazal
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War Ghazal

Issue 136: 23 June 2022

War Ghazal

By Editor| 2022-06-18T13:08:05-07:00 June 23rd, 2022|Categories: Issue 136: 23 June 2022|Tags: Poetry, a war ghazal, Linda Laderman, Russia war against Ukraine, Russian aggression, Volodymyr Zelensky|

By Linda Laderman Again, we witness panicked people fleeing war. You tell me, people don’t care, it’s Ukraine’s war. Sitting in an Ann Arbor bistro, we order baked Turkish eggs, & I mumble, even Turkey opposes this war. One booth over, a woman applies siren red lipstick, then gestures at the screen over the bar. [...]