Don't Go Pale Into Dusk

“When I was young, I saw Lebanon as vibrant and vast, a safe land that was full of adventure. I saw my mother, Georgette, as the sun, radiating warmth and light. Her heart was like a river that never runs dry. I loved her, and I loved Lebanon, my mother country…”Elias Demerdjian ...  Show more

“The cheese melts softly in the bread, and when I crunch on the first bite, I taste love and the strong musky smell from my grandfather's hands that stuck to the crust as he made it…”This lyrical meditation from Lyne Jradi examines how grief and love echo through the simple acts ...  Show more

A special bilingual poem in Anishinaabemowin and English by Margaret Noodin, a linguist who writes primarily in Anishinaabemowin. This poem of eight lines is filled with location — the sweet sea, the curved shoreline — and gathers melancholy into its song. And it is a song — sung ...  Show more

Who brings you to praise? Rumi’s great poem of praise to the “you” is to his great friend Shams, and through that friendship, to God.Rumi was a 13th-century Muslim mystic and poet. He left behind a vast body of lyric poetry, metaphysical writings, lectures, and letters, which hav ...  Show more

<div>شاعرة الأندلس وفاتنتها، أحبّها حاكم وقُتل من أجلها وزير. كانت تملأ غرناطة بالجمال والحيويّة إذا ما نزلت إلى شوارعها، تمنّاها الرّجال كلُّهم، أما النّساء جميعهنّ فتمنّين أن يكنّ مثلها، اهتمّ والدها بتأديبها منذ الصّغر، ونشأت على لقاء الشّعراء ومُحاورة الأمراء والأدباء، فأخذت ...  Show more

Friendships deserve praise songs, and here’s a praise song — an ode — to friends that have crossed continents for each other, and would go further if needed.Sudanese by way of D.C., Safia Elhillo is the author of Girls That Never Die, The January Children, and Home Is Not a Count ...  Show more