My poetic essay “Wall in the Land of Giants” as a response to the attack against Palestine is published in Rabble Review. I first read it at Madison Street Books in January 2025. It is published under the pen name Rejoice SV. Here is a link to “The Wall in the Land of Giants” inContinue reading “Wall in the Land of Giants”
Category Archives: Elegies
Another Poem about Palestine
“Ceasefire Haiku” by Faisal Mohyuddin lest we forget in this busy season.
A poem from Palestine
Goodbye, Goodbye
Editor John Zheng reminds us in his introduction to a special issue on the theme goodbye (of Valley Voices: A Literary Review) that goodbye can mean many things –“departure, detachment, death, divorce, breakup, change for a new life, promising career, or bright future.” The word recalls for him finally being able to leave the villageContinue reading “Goodbye, Goodbye”
Old Woman and Eel
My chapbook Old Woman and Eel and Other Prose Pieces was recently published (Nov. 2022) by Ravenna Press, Triple Series (Seattle). “I thought then of the first eel who lived high in the sky. I thought of the sun eel. The eels who were stars. I did not and do not wish the river eelsContinue reading “Old Woman and Eel”
The Story Ends -- The Story Never Ends 