“Earth, be not proud”: Three poems by Raneen al-Azzazi
But earth, be not proud
The ending moment always
arrives.
“Whenever I hear the name of a child that was randomly massacred,” Sarah Iqelan
I close my eyes and visualize,
them climbing a stairway to heaven,
with clean clothes, smiley faces,
leaving the cruel earth behind,
knowing no fear or hunger…