The dance community is only beginning to embark on the deep and rich culture of African Jazz Dance. Its influence on a person’s own spiritual development reaches farther than just the dance moves themselves. It is a technical dance form …
Corruption and Sanitation Crisis in Dominican Republic by Breanna Jayne Whiting
Living in a privileged country can make it difficult to fathom the quandaries a third world country experiences daily. In the Dominican Republic, something that takes little thought for Americans is a deadly obstruction many Dominicans are unable to overcome, …
Fear of the Blank by Suzanne Seyfi
If you don’t crack jokes on Twitter about Avoiding your writing by being on Twitter,Are you even a writer?What did people do before the internet?Jane Austen wrote letters instead of chapters,Took long walks past fields and seashores,Exchanged gossip with her neighbors.Lord …
House, Water by Taylor Gorman
HOUSE When my house burned down, I built myself into a house. I wanted to understand. WATER I thought I found your body underwater Near the lake you were born in. It was only a reflection— It’s hard for me …
Joanna, Animals by Taylor Gorman
JOANNA Your voice like a guitar solo. The way you sing buries me. The contortion of your mouth is what I think of when I think of love. Singing, you say, is like dying repeatedly in front of a crowd. …
Beltane by Camille Liptak
You said you’d marry meon Beltane,the Gaelic May Day,when life and earthare at their peak.You said I’d be your Flora,your goddess of Spring,we’d exchange hands and we’ d exchange rings;You said you’d merrily marry me,and forever bemy Jack-in-the-Green.I said I’d jump …
Death Ferry by Ahmed Salih
In the city full of misery There were people in the ferry They were glad and about to celebrate They did not know about their inevitable fate They felt hilarious to buy the ferry tickets But the man was greedy who found nuggets “This is too …
Her Name’s Cleo by Juanita Rose Quengua
She, who loves me despite of my flaws and imperfections,She, who never left my side even just for a second,She, who put smile and happiness in my bad days,She’s one of my dogs, and her name’s Cleo.Her short tail that …
The Self-Liberating People of Iraq by Kyle Borham
War, corruption,and ethnic and religious conflict has ravaged Iraq for decades, with the most recent being the bloody struggle against the Iraqi Syrian Islamic State (ISIS) in the northern provinces of the country. With the defeat of ISIS, Iraq’s current …
Umoja: Paving The Way For Women’s Rights by Erin Amos
In the Samburu district of Kenya, women formed a village in order to protect one another, Umoja, which translates to “unity.” Outraged by constant rape and forced marriages, Rebecca Lolosoli created a village in which, “No men are allowed to …