Marwa Katbi

Poem For Syria

   "Defenders of the realm Peace be on you Our proud spirits will Not be subdued” -Syrian National Anthem     soft white syrian jasmine blooms and showers the land where my mother lived diagonally across the street from my father its scent flutters delicately in the air over sidewalks covered in lopsided stone   we used to whisper playfully to one another us sisters insults about Assad man who insists he rule above a ...