by Merlinda Bobis
From Romana Córdoba, Siglo l — Museo Arqueológico de Córdoba
Who are you
that looks back at us,
lights us
saves us
from the dark,
knows us
each night
more than we’ll ever
know ourselves?
Girl on the lamp
Category Launch poem
Brief dream of the woman poet on the 59th TrumpDay
by Melinda Smith
Breathe
breathe out
(you have permission)
what are you wearing?
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Syria’s children
by Lizz Murphy
The quiet of an infant
who understands nothing
of war or flight or why
he sleeps under just a jacket
Refugees crowding one side
police crowding the other
His eyes his chest
tomorrow’s tear gas burn
Not Very Quiet 