Original Poetry — ‘to my baby brother with American flags on his wall on the 4th of July’
The day you were born we joked that as the first to be christened on American soil you were the only one in our family … Read more
Poetry
Winter’s Vocabulary: ‘A’ is for Abandonment
Winter has its own vocabulary. A is for Abandonment. Nothing decries winter like the squawks of migrating geese leaving every evening. Flocks after flocks. The … Read more
Q&A With Ramya Ramana: 2014 NYC Youth Poet Laureate
New York City’s newest Youth Poet Laureate wants you to learn about the importance of voting. Ramya Ramana, 18, received the honor last month after … Read more
Pooja Garg Singh on the Poetry of Autumn and Memory
शाख से पीले पत्ते टूटे कुछ पुरानी यादें लौटीं आज शाम की सैर कुछ लम्बी हो गयी – Thus yellow leaves fell from the branches … Read more
Highlights from AAWW’s Page Turner Festival
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Original Poetry — ‘Why Mother?’ by Pooja Garg Singh
Why Mother? I believed each time you said Grace is a state of mind and Elegance is How you fold your newspaper, not your … Read more
Original Poetry — ‘Plural’ by Pooja Garg Singh
मुंबई मेरी जान. अब दिल्ली दूर नहीं इन्ही शब्दों पर सवार आते हो क्या तुम ढूँढते हो मुझे भोंकने के लिए कहते हैं ये sex … Read more
Original Spoken-word Poetry by NAV — ‘Airport Insecurity’
I am an aspiring poet looking to use my voice to change the world. Nav is my nickname and my friend jokingly created the acronym … Read more
Poet Tarfia Faizullah on her Upcoming Book, the 1971 Liberation War, and ‘Our Complicated Histories’
http://youtu.be/owN7-06smUc Tarfia Faizullah’s first book of poetry, “Seam,” centers around a series of poems that she started writing in graduate school. This adept and moving work … Read more
Original Poetry by Tasnim Ahmed
blind. What are you, she said. I am human, woman, girl, this is a question I dread. To be molten sugar, caramelized brown is a … Read more
