Mashael Alsaie 10/28/21 Mashael Alsaie 10/28/21

Writing

Bahraini artist Mashael Alsaie’s poetry experiments and plays with language, memory and childhood – both bildungsroman and encapsulation of wry melancholia

Vamika Sinha 10/28/21 Vamika Sinha 10/28/21

mint tea: a summertime lyric

A piece of free verse from Rabat, Morocco, where a woman navigates (mis)belonging, visas, and mobility

Laura Evers 8/2/21 Laura Evers 8/2/21

Three Poems

New in our milk & vodka column, a trio of crashing, biting, tender poems by Laura Evers on womanhood

Emily Broad 8/4/20 Emily Broad 8/4/20

Abu Dhabi City Planning

Emily Broad's new poem reflects on a city "built on the backs of movement."

Sarah Afaneh 8/4/20 Sarah Afaneh 8/4/20

أمي

Sarah Afaneh's new poem explores the ordinary labors of womanhood, and the complicated bond of a mother and a daughter.

Garreth Chan 7/6/20 Garreth Chan 7/6/20

Lapsap

Experimental poetry by Garreth Chan.

Cristalina Parra 4/20/20 Cristalina Parra 4/20/20

Limpieza pa’ la Tristeza

Cristalina Parra reflects on self-love and skincare in this stream of consciousness poem woven with her native Spanish

Vamika Sinha 5/7/19 Vamika Sinha 5/7/19

an evening meal with langston hughes, william carlos williams, christopher columbus & lady liberty

“i’ve been taking my time to ferry / towards lady liberty” – an experimental list poem in conversation with the greats, by Vamika Sinha.

Thirangie Jayatilake 4/2/19 Thirangie Jayatilake 4/2/19

Appa

“remind / my taste buds that they are alive” – in this evocative poem, Thirangie Jayatilake relishes the foods that connect her to families and cities.