Tag - emotional poem

Ruins of a city caught in conflict, representing the human cost of war described in the poem Despicable Us

Despicable Us – A Poem About War and...

This poem speaks to the weight of watching – the ache of witnessing suffering from a distance, unable to do more than bear witness. In “Despicable Us”, Sarah Shahzad traces the arc of a city under siege: the ash-covered faces...

In Frame for Tonight - A Poem About Social Anxiety

In Frame for Tonight – A Poem About...

Some of the most crowded rooms are the loneliest places on earth. This original poem captures the raw, physical experience of social anxiety – the clammy hands, the hollow envy, the desperate wish to disappear even as a glittering crowd...