Richard Krawiec: Looking at Gaza
In the Israeli siege of Gaza there are so many photos and videos of horror it’s difficult to keep track of them. Every day we see more and more atrocities on social media. We are overloaded with evidence of innocents being killed, maimed; neighborhoods left in rubble.
Pascale Petit: The Lammergeier Daughter
That night, I opened your wardrobe and found
a trophy of vultures, their necks pierced
by hanger hooks. I saw at once
that you hunted everything I loved
Brett Wilkins: Children Dying of Starvation, Dehydration in Gaza Hospitals
The international community is facing a moral and humanitarian test to stop the genocide in Gaza,” said a Gaza Health Ministry official.
Chard deNiord: Grief is the River with a Foreign Name
Grief is the river with a foreign name
that floods your heart, pulling you in
with a musical force you can’t resist
Rusty Long: Survivalist Architecture
Whether the apocalypse du jour involves the arrival of peak oil, a Mayan prophecy predicting planetary disaster, or a run of the mill zombie apocalypse, there are some key design features that every architect can focus on to ensure their clients are better prepared for any end times scenario.
Barbara Hamby: Ode to the Sacred Heart of Everyone, Including You and You and You
Hey, Catholics, what is it with that red heart out there
beating on Jesus’ chest like some Frankenstein
experiment gone bad
Ann Wright: Why Would Anyone Kill Themselves to Stop a War? On Aaron Bushnell and Others
In the past three months, two people in the United States have taken or risked taking their own lives in an attempt to change U.S. policies on Palestine and call for a cease-fire.
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer: With Astonishing Tenderness
when you wake
and see clearly all the places you’ve failed,
in that moment, when dreams will not return,
this is the chance for your softest voice—
the one you reserve for those you love most
Mike Vargo: Is There a Real Me?
Believing in a real self would be easier if the self were not so inconsistent.
Philip Terman: Meeting the Swami
“Throw your karma in my basket,” it said.
Nina Padolf: Labels Do Not Define You
For first grade, I had to take a bus to a school designed for children with disabilities. I no longer attended my neighborhood school, instead, I was placed in a room with all the boys.
Sean Sexton: Hold What You Got
Mayhem, butchery, and sheer witlessness
have grown acute with time and become the order of things.
Frogs creak in brief aubade
Elliott Negin: The Deadly $125-Billion ICBM Boondoggle
A wide array of experts, including scientists, disarmament groups, top US military officials, and even a former US defense secretary, agree that land-based ICBMs have outlived their usefulness.
Doug Anderson: Dear Children
…all you’ve got to do is open a book like a door and descend the winding staircase down to the underground river and watch the reflection of the water wavering on the walls…
