risingphoenixpress:The Rising Phoenix Review: December 2015 As the New Year approaches, we pause t
risingphoenixpress: The Rising Phoenix Review: December 2015 As the New Year approaches, we pause to honor the poets who contributed their work to our final issue of 2015. They have provided more light to our lives than the crystal ball that will drop in Times Square tonight. We thank each of them for joining our nest and sharing their voices with the world. Three Cities Grow Silent, The World Sheds A Tear By Disha Ahluwalia ref•u•gee By Ayah Elbeyali An Open Letter to Brown Boys and Girls By Zainab Aziz Paean to My Brown Skin By Vijaya Sundaram Unnatural Disasters By Emma Rebholz stained glass windows By Kristie Budihardjo A Lesson In Contrast By Salma Deera AINOSA LOMON (I EAT THE NEWS) By N.L. Shompole NEVER BEEN KISSED By Natalie Wee Body Dysphoria By Alex Lenkei Hide The Matches By Paola Bennet Alien By Emily Yin the soul is a ragged thing By Kristie Budihardjo Talking to My Mother About Marriage Partnerships By Salma Deera LETTER TO MY GRANDMOTHER By Natalie Wee LOVE SONGS TO SIMALOI By N.L. Shompole I came from the West By Andrew Herm Queering the Devil By Alex Lenkei Promotional Tour for My Crippling Depression By Katherine Fletcher is this how orpheus felt? By Alice van Duuren Eve Knew What She Was Doing By Salma Deera THE UNHAUNTING / A LOVE LETTER TO THE WRITERS By Zaynab Quadri The Life and Lies of an Addict By Alyssa Sammartino ORION IN DECEMBER By N.L. Shompole ON THIS SIDE OF CHRISTMAS By Zaynab Quadri The Reprise of War By Alice van Duuren A Sort of Poem By An Asexual By Salma Deera HOW TO SAVE YOUR OWN LIFE By Natalie Wee Please support the phenomenal poets we published in this issue by reading their work. Follow their blogs, buy their books. They are all worth your time. Each of them gives us courage; we love them. I’m thrilled to have been part of this issue. Have a look at my poem and those of the other contributing writers! x -- source link
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