Rebecca Ruth Gould Archives

On Leaving Iran
(Rebecca Ruth Gould)

Verity La September 27, 2019 Discoursing Diaspora, New, Poetry

The plane ascends. Women disrobe, crossing into Turkey’s airspace. Their hair cascades like waterfalls. I lift my skirt to let my legs breathe. So much sin is compressed between my …

The View From Heaven (Damen O’Brien)September 14, 2018
Tickling out of a golden universe, the native bees swarm: spots of ash in a warm wind, migraine patterns dancing. Each tiny tick and tock and black note small as ... Read More
The Journey Back (Gayle Kennedy)March 30, 2018
One of my earliest memories (and one verified by mother and various relatives) is of me standing on a table surrounded by smiling people as I sang the old country ... Read More
Spit Hood (Teena McCarthy)July 12, 2019
for Don Dale detainee Dylan Voller and all those held in detention and suffering deaths in custody Oh, such a pretty picture this Kingdom of the Crown. In a dark ... Read More