Consolation & Refuge(e) poetry, Songs of the Sunbirds by Hanaa Ibrahim Consolation I tend to notice birds more oftenwhen sorrow savors my heartevery time i walk these familiar streets a strangerI don’t know what prayer God is letting outthrough migrationthrough rainthrough this earthly miseryLast …
Daughter of Lightning poetry, Songs of the Sunbirds by Tamara Al Barq Loud. It’s loud, dark, cold. The rain is pouring down on Gaza. Even the clouds weep, witnessing this genocide. Two young sisters, holding on to each other, shivering while the water pools around them. There’s nowhere to go. There are …