REFLECTION / POEM: Akka Ballenger Constantin reflects on the experience of “sitting” simultaneously between and within cultures.
Category: Poems
Origin Story
POEM: Kaya Lattimore wrangles with the turbulent complexity of the question “where are you from?”.
Solace
POEM: Ray Mardia reflects on memories stored unconsciously and the power they have to bring comfort in difficult moments.
Na raskrsnici svetova / На раскрсници светова / At the crossroads of two worlds
POEM: Vesna Cvjetićanin describes the elusiveness of locating and choosing between her two personal histories.
Claim me, home
POEM: Bojana Kos describes the difficulty of belonging to a “stranded” diaspora.
Witness
POEM: Ray Mardia reflects on her return to a far-off home, and what she saw there.
Kunang Kunang
POEM: Ifa Barry remembers nights spent under the light of fireflies.
Equinox / Ravnodnevnica
POEM: Vesna Cvjetićanin ponders the changing of the seasons, imagining the different sights and sounds that signal equinox on both sides of the world.
