Immigration | Valiant Scribe

Mar 11 min read

My 3-year-old Draws a Family Portrait, a Poem by Kuo Zhang

We ALL look so alien, just as what we’re called on the official documents.

Mar 24, 20231 min read

Voyage, a Poem by P. Matile

The neurotic phrasing of the African dreamers, Flies up to the sky And suddenly intertwines, Like the flight of swallows, Watching from...

Oct 14, 20221 min read

The Lost House, a Poem by Farideh Shabanfar

Sister is pleading with her friend; Send me a picture of our house Our old house that we abandoned Without a farewell, with hope to...

May 23, 20211 min read

Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzalez is Returned to Mother Earth, a Poem by Chella Courington

At the border, children cry in cages. Drenched in dark dreams, I wake. My mother reaches from the grave. Nails catch the hem of my dress....

Feb 26, 20211 min read

Asylum, a Poem by Ed Meek

It’s as easy as cutting a cord, to separate the mothers and children— the ones seeking asylum from gangs and violence, so desperate to flee

Jan 29, 20212 min read

Prisoners, a Poem by Stephen House

my boss is from my country of origin has been in australia for many years he owns two restaurants employs newly arrived i’m just in this...

Jan 15, 20211 min read

A South Texas Enclave, a Poem by John Grey

There’s a wall off in the distance that keeps immigrants out, as well as mountains and the river. And, on all sides off their house,...