Writing within the diaspora, you realise that you’re living a hybrid of experiences, like speaking in your mother tongue with ...

Last month, we asked for poems about home and received more than 20 submissions. Thank you to everyone who sent us a poem – we know each one was written from the heart. Browse through the five ...

Ironically, those poems about some of the most domestic of subjects ended up propelling their creator into a world far beyond his country home, thrusting him into a very extraordinary public event.

Her poem was a tanka-style verse about missing a ... quickly With a sadness that fills me With tears when a friend Leaves home and leaves me alone With fire burning in my heart Rachell Perez ...

Janice N. Harrington worked as a nursing home aide in college, and she drew on that experience to write “The Hands of Strangers: Poems from the Nursing Home.” This book-length collection of ...

The mural, titled "My Home, Mi Hogar" was designed by the artist collective Boa Mistura and inspired by a poem written by a Beach High student. “This is like a miracle,” Valentina said of ...

Valentina Mena, a sophomore at Miami Beach Senior High School, in front of the “My Home, Mi Hogar” mural on Friday, May 5, 2023. A line from her poem is featured on the two water tanks.