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‘Twas a grand day, the pints flowed As quick as the jokes were told. Ole Bob offered me a seat as I ordered my first pint In a bar I’d never frequented Before, amazed at such kindness I doubted he knew my name As talking Tommy kept on chattering Telling tales of wonder and awe…
Migrant | Ananya S. Guha
Born 1957, 18th February, Shillong India. Welsh Mission Hospital. The eyes blue, so blue like a British exclaimed the doctor. A hundred years after the mutiny. Mother came from Mymensing, now in Bangladesh. A migrant with no stories of bloodshed, only that of one humanity. Hindu/Muslim. Now a migrant, I search for those living roots,…
Washa-Quon-Asin* | Dee Allen
Many who had hiked through Canadian wilderness [ A century ago ] Took notice of a bird in flight A rare one the Ojibwa called Washa-quon-asin–He who flies by night At once: a hunter, a guide, a trapper A living made from the furs in his sight A rare one the Ojibwa called Washa-quon-asin–He who…
Gardens | Sarah Nikonchik
I wish I were a flower. Beautiful, cherished, and loved. But instead, I’m a weed. Part of nature, but people view them as a nuisance. They grow, unwanted in little gardens. Take up room, in which a pretty flower may grow instead. People don’t care about stepping on them and pulling out their roots from…
Writing urban dance into traditional ecstatics: “a Folia” by Marco da Silva Ferreira
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Simon Schuchat: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
_______________________________________________________ Baltimore Sun there’s a passage in Mencken’s diaries— now, I think Mencken’s a great writer— so don’t take this wrong— anyway, he describes a somewhat large immigrant Jewish family down the street and how they inspire in him…