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Ileya

By Adedayo Agarau

There are nights that escape

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

This is war

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Death’s night won’t come gently

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Zeina Hashem Beck

Zeina Hashem Beck is a Lebanese poet. She is the author of three full-length poetry collections, O, Louder than Hearts, and To Live in Autumn, and two chapbooks, 3arabi Song and There Was and How Much There Was. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Nation, the Poem-a-Day series, and other outlets. She cohosts Maqsouda, a podcast in Arabic about Arabic poetry, with poet Farah Chamma.
https://www.zeinahashembeck.com/
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Boiling water pours into a pour-over coffee maker
AudioPoetry

Southern Sonnet

By Zeina Hashem Beck February 5, 2024
I’m trying to write you a love song but / the news overspills as I boil coffee.
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