Mar 23, 2024 | Books & Literature, Featured, Poetry
By Aya Khalaf | Staff Writer i took a whiff of you the other day you smelled like power and cigarettes as if you were holding onto some sort of burning stone, it was hurting your skin and flesh, but you were still persistent on never letting it go. It’s as if this...
Mar 23, 2024 | Books & Literature, Featured, Poetry
By Zeina Bazarbachi | Junior Editor What lies beyond infinity? Does everything happen by serendipity? I look around, where is this said divinity? I look around, واری نفسي I look around, ولا اری غيري I look around, and all I see, is this puddle beneath me But I am not...
Mar 23, 2024 | Books & Literature, Featured, Poetry
By Elena Hijazi | Junior Editor She said, “is that a smoke I smell?” He said, “is it a sign from hell?” She said, “I guess people never change…” He said, “not as often as it rains.” She said, “But I smoke now; every now and then.” He said, “And I’m smoking. I’m...
Mar 23, 2024 | Books & Literature, Featured, Poetry
By Lynn Ayoub | Staff Writer So close yet so far away, Bound to you so hard so I don’t stray You’re burning me, my flesh to ashes with every gaze Yet you’re the only light that can find its way in my maze We hurt, we bleed We pray ourselves out of this need Yet every...
Mar 23, 2024 | Books & Literature, Poetry
By Lynn Ayoub | Staff Writer I looked at the ocean on the verge of collapsing. Ready to bury the air on its surface gasping. I looked at the storm coming from afar vicious hail, its wrath striking astray and wide. Devouring souls that cannot hide I...
Mar 23, 2024 | Books & Literature, Poetry
By Lynn Ayoub | Staff Writer A torn spirit she was Sent to exile with nothing but pointless vows And just when she thought she found peace A question separated her from her selcouth heartsease Tell us about “joy” my dear A three...
