Poem
For Whom is the Glass Broken?
By Dr. Zain Ali Shamoon Riddle yourself with the following questions: – Who put the glass ceiling there in the first place? – And who can afford that? – And who were the laborers forced to install that? – And what of the important personal roots that aren’t up there? But instead down here…
Read MoreYour Roar Was, and Will Always Be a Blessing
It’s a weird thing to ask myself to catalyze, again, what I have always been
A storyteller
I’ve learned that the resurgence of a poet’s poetics has more to do with kinetic rhythms put into practice
And looking a little closer in the mirror to see what your wrinkles say about you
And to tell the volumes of your life
In the faces of fear, who ask –
“What ill might befall the speaker if they are too vulnerable?”
“What wrongs could occur if we dare to tell the truth?”
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