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Tag: roots

“Roots” by Shah Tazrian Ashrafi
Poetry

“Roots” by Shah Tazrian Ashrafi

January 13, 2020August 19, 20200

The villages grew wingsOut of their water hyacinth-fringed backsAnd took flightTowards the heart of a hot, busy, concrete-skinned metropolis That had the hands of steel, heart …

Mother Rips my Roots by Jasmine King
Poetry

Mother Rips my Roots by Jasmine King

February 5, 2018November 9, 20200

With Lines from “The Apple Trees at Olema” by Robert Hass Shakes me by the raw, white, backlit flaring of her lightning streaked hand. Fingers …

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