Prayer
Give us this day, our daily poem –Ale Vazquez
Author: Mark J. Chmiel
Today’s Gratitude
For Carolina Dominguez, “exploding with joy,” in Little Havana
Share the Wealth with Andrea Scarpino: What the Willow Said as It Fell
In time for National Poetry Month, Andrea Scarpino will do our next Share the Wealth on her new book of poetry, What the Willow Said as It Fell. Andrea shared with us in September 2014,…
Why Do You Sign off Your Letters to Me with ”Namaste Forever”?
Why do you sign off your letters to me With ”Namaste Forever”? I am simply reminding you I recognize your brilliant light (However far apart we are) It is always there (It is always here,…
Dear Layla: A Potluck, A Reading, and a Discussion in Chicago
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Saturday Share the Wealth with Jeneane and Lena Salameh: Stories of a Land That Lives Within Us
We will be sharing stories of living in the United States as Palestinians, experiences we have had in Palestine, and what the term Al-Nakba means to us. In sharing our stories we hope to spread…
The Way It Looked in 1963
Our fatherland is temporarily divided in two. The US imperialists are intensifying their aggressive war in South Viet Nam. Our southern compatriots are being trampled upon by the brutal US-Diem regime. Not a day passes…
On the Phone with Hedy
Even her detractors might agree: Two of Hedy Epstein’s characteristics— Pertinacity and indomitability I’ll add a third and fourth Tenderness and compassion As when I called her from Ramallah To explain why I was unable…
A Little Pushkin Can Go a Long Way
My friend is assiduous in learning Russian Her son and daughter-in-law reside in Saint Petersburg She’s headed there in May She tells me she needs to get a book of Pushkin Memorize some of his…
Seeds
In my book on Elie Wiesel There is reference to Mev That was a seed for my next book In The Book of Mev There is reference to going to Palestine That was a seed…