Maame’s three daughters were healers. They could tell which leaf cured poison and how to deal with a snake bite. And because death is life’s concubine, they also knew how to take life – swiftly, with a lot of kindness; or slowly, painfully, the death in death. The three sisters, Thambe, Rumi and Osaza, straddled… Continue reading BARE FEET by Chizoma Emeka Joshua
Month: August 2018
Bent Ear by Dana Sonnenschein
Dust Yes, there are wolves in India, though all you see are thickets moving in the wind, shimmering grass. They appear in the distance, eyes shining like water on a dry road, and disappear as you draw nearer, their loping figures wavering into heat waves or dust settling beneath the rippling air. Look as if… Continue reading Bent Ear by Dana Sonnenschein
THE FLIGHT OF THE SWAN by BHAVIKA SICKA
I adore the pair of swans, dwelling in the mind of the Great, subsisting entirely on the nectar of the blooming lotus of knowledge — Saundarya Lahari, Verse 38 The physicians had confirmed that his wife was dying. The tumor was swelling, and her life was burning out like a cube of camphor… Continue reading THE FLIGHT OF THE SWAN by BHAVIKA SICKA
Eternity by Ed Schmidt-Zorner
In search of lost eternity in ROME (Proust may forgive me) I step out onto Via dei Funari into a mild sunshine on a Sunday morning. When my feet touch the cobble stones, I feel the vibration of the eternal city. Church bells send their message from all corners of the town, metallic, tolling… Continue reading Eternity by Ed Schmidt-Zorner
Queens of Syria : Documenting Memory Through Theatre by Siba Barkataki
« The film follows 50 women from Syria, who were forcibly exiled in Jordan. They came together in autumn 2013 to create and perform their own version of The Trojan Women, the ancient Greek tragedy about the plight of women during war. » This little introduction in a daily newspaper was incentive enough for me to watch… Continue reading Queens of Syria : Documenting Memory Through Theatre by Siba Barkataki
Poems by David Subacchi
A SECRET REVEALED They asked who you were But I didn’t know; A classical beauty Sculpted in white Looking down Over the pool. For a while we swapped Names of ancient gods Half remembered From school days, But there was no agreement; The sun burned Until everyone Entered the water To cool… Continue reading Poems by David Subacchi
Poems by Lana Bella
NOW SILENTLY AS December sun appears a mile up the hill, jerking its long, thin chain like a penance. The fourth-pint weight of you husks into center of bones, too slender in the treachery of snow casting threads to wind. Much about egrets dragging from dust storm and ocean, shrug off sorrows on the hunt… Continue reading Poems by Lana Bella
Poems by Victoria Crawford
The Audible Consider the heart as a guide hand to chest, feel its question. Truth flows a wellspring inside deafened by noise congestion. Ears caulked by a million voices, cacophony’s stunning scream blocks inspiration of choices, whispering of love —a dream. Integrate spirit and soul, they must be read and received, spirit’s… Continue reading Poems by Victoria Crawford
Poem by M. A. Istvan
On a Supposed Proof for God Argument If the term “God” means anything at all, then “God” in the least means what is real, what exists. The term “God” does mean something. Therefore, the term “God” in the least means what is real, what exists—in which case God exists. Rationale for premise… Continue reading Poem by M. A. Istvan
Poems by Srinjay Chakravarti
TRANSCENDENCE Bells peal atop Forever Mountain: Sonorous hymns of dawn. Birds scatter from the trees As the echoes ripple away. A priest sweeps away dust and shadows From the temple’s mosaiced quadrangle. Latticed windows pattern, Shloka by shloka, A hieratic weave of calligraphy On the sanctum’s marble floor. In the opaline pool… Continue reading Poems by Srinjay Chakravarti