Faith & Spirituality

Prayer Rug by Agha Shahid Ali

black stone descended from Heaven the pilgrims in white circling it

Sep 14 •

Pillow Talk with Modigliani’s Kneeling Blue Caryatid by Andrea Jurjević

Just like god must be asleep in his recliner

Sep 13 •

and

Andrea Jurjević

Holy Shit by Ed Hamilton

I looked up scientology it all seemed very odd

Sep 6 •

On Children by Khalil Gibran

For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

Sep 5 •

Let This Be Your Praise by Tanya Shirley

you imagine she has unpaid bills, a wayward child, you imagine you are more alike than different.

Aug 10 •

Magdalene by Anisha Jain

She knows how they call her 'whore' because of the gentle fire of her hair

Aug 9 •

To the Serpent by Aimé Fernand Césaire

charming biter of womens’ breasts and through whom death steals into the maturity in the depths of a fruit

Aug 5 •

Heart of Ruin by Arun Kolatkar

It’s enough to strike terror in the heart of a dung beetle

Aug 3 •

Look by Laura Kasischke

most of the billions of worlds beyond ours are simply desolate oceanless forfeits in space

Jul 27 •

and

Laura Kasischke

Bearing by Nome Emeka Patrick

I know love only by its sheen on the dull edge of a blade.

Jul 16 •

Svetlana Litvinchuk

The Garlic by Bert Meyers

you who are pale and small and shaped like a fist

Jul 15 •

To Our Land by Mahmoud Darwish

To our land, and it is the one tiny as a sesame seed

Jul 11 •

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