poetry Ramadan Lantern The afternoon is beautiful when, with A light bulb spinning in your core, you make The carpet dance with shades of emerald And gold. Your stellar ghosts are flying high
poetry "I Never Knew My Dog Could Dream" Photo taken by Aya Telmissany I never knew my dog could dream. She dreams of running. Every night, I see her Lying on her side Feet beating relentlessly Against the silent air of
poetry "Your Lips are Water" Written by Aya Telmissany “And immerse me in rivers of your musings…” “Your Lips are Water” Your lips are water Running down my body Bathing me And
poetry "While We’re Still Sleeping" Written by Aya Telmissany “Her children are crawling on our bed…” “While We’re Still Sleeping” While we’re still sleeping The sun is giving birth Behind the
poetry "Ode to My Coffee Coaster" Written by Aya Telmissany “Hoarder of a thousand overlapping O’s and C’s…” “Ode to My Coffee Coaster” Hoarder Of A
poetry "What Poetry Does" Written by Aya Telmissany “It carries the smell of wilted jasmine and fallen skies…” “What Poetry Does” See what Poetry does—it escapes me Like a child
poetry A Collection of Poems Written by Aya Telmissany Photo by Chris Frailey ‘Desert Rain’ Eyes dry and dusty, a heart so rusty She cries soundless deserts of pain She lets out a sigh, face to the
Fiction From Another Realm: Achromatic Epiphany Written by Aya Telmissany “The fancy smell of freshly brewed Italian coffee is enough to intoxicate her brain with endless streams of creativity.” She is sitting at her usual spot at
Fiction From Another Realm: Lives in Stolen Verse Written by Aya Telmissany O Captain! My Captain! My father was rather hot-tempered. The slightest misbehavior of my seven-year-old self would anger him. All I wanted was to make him happy. But being
Fiction From Another Realm: The Strings of Loss Written by Aya Telmissany photo source There is something decisive about the sixty seconds that linger between 11:59 pm and 12:00 am. Sixty last seconds of hope and second chances, which
