Poem
Open Space Resistance
By Dr. Zain Ali Shamoon for ramble cats like us, who scribble out loud out here we are likely to meet people who detract and tell us to keep our voices down they tell us to “keep your voices down!” out here but they don’t know the pathways that moved our collective…
Read MoreFor 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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