{"id":1476,"date":"2026-08-01T19:11:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T13:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aswordsfly.com\/?p=1476"},"modified":"2026-08-01T19:47:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:17:42","slug":"page-6-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aswordsfly.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/01\/page-6-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:82px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">from the slush<br>a mosaic of snowdrops<br>phoning family<br>you defend us in a language<br>I promise to learn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>\u2014Farah Ali, UK<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:91px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">after many years<br>he sends me a photo<br>skyscraper moon<br>the house where I lived<br>now only in my thoughts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>\u2014Minal Sarosh, India<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:78px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">monsoon drive \u2014<br>raindrops shape your name<br>on the windshield<br>somewhere in the petrichor<br>the familiar scent of you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>\u2014Mona Bedi, India<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:87px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">summer evening\u2014<br>gazing at the moon alone<br>the heat softens<br>into the river of night<br>our old room echoing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>\u2014Fatma Zohra Habis, Algeria<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:89px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-74f5d392be92cdcc28c1721fcb25ea7c wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">About <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-005cf7e01b84a2166fa6b93f76e0db71 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Farah Ali<\/strong> writes poetry and fiction and has won multiple awards for haiku, tanka and haibun. 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