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Contributor's contribution: I’m something rhino
In the basement of a Brussels bar, the fluidity of meaning as distraction from the abundance of fluidity.
A voice from Gaza: “Talk about bupkes!” with Shahd Alnaami
The Palestinian writer, translator, and student gives us a glimpse of loss, hope, and survival – that is, everyday life amid Israel's destructive…
1:10:00
Contributor's contribution: Riviera sunset, 2025
Escaping to holiday shores, no escaping the seaside nightmare.
Contributor's contribution: Poets on war, war on poets
Someone is missing. There is a reason for that.
Contributor's contribution: Zone
On the privilege of enjoying a degree of autonomy through communicating administrations — and not.
Contributor's contribution: lad trope house plant death cult
A poem for a summer slipping away before it arrives.
Contributor's contribution: Integers, and Reasons for reticence
Two poems for politicians struggling with numbers.
Contributor's contribution: Bad threads
Check yourself before you check yourself.
Contributor's contribution: Space cowboys
In space, no one can hear you regulate.
Contributor's contribution: Snack (Austrian Airlines)
Poetry at and about 35,000 feet.
Contributor's contribution: Two Jews (My Vienna Story)
Just like Göring said ...
Contributor's contribution: Clearance
When nano-brained politicians hatch microscopic profit plans, macro problems can be the only outcome.
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