Mar 23, 2024 | Books & Literature, Poetry
By De’Ocean | Staff Writer Who are you?You’re invisible, yet we can feel the wind when you enter a roomYou’re untouchable, yet it becomes hard to let you go once we catch youYou’re unavoidable,Every person, no matter the size, age, or gender, can get hit by...
Mar 23, 2024 | Books & Literature, Featured, Poetry
By Mir@ | Staff Writer A ghost passed me bySalt in the wounds of the albatrossIt sat before me its legs in a crossPast specter come fly-by-night Flaunting silver hairNot her brown huesthat made her museof all dreams heir My jacket, grey and blandmocked...
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...