Death Penalty Replaced with Jail Time, Flogging for Poet Ashraf Fayadh
A long jail term and brutal flogging sentence handed down by Saudi Arabia today to Ashraf Fayadh extends the injustice against the esteemed poet. More
Free Expression Digest: Thurs., January 14
Egypt arrests Facebook page administrators, Azerbaijani activist detained, India captures two in RTI activist's murder. More
Hundreds of Writers Rally for Release of Palestinian Poet
It is not a crime to hold an idea, however unpopular, nor is it a crime to express opinion peacefully. Every individual has the freedom to believe or not… More
Over One Hundred Poets Rally with PEN in Support of Iranian Colleagues
Pinsky, Rankine, and more urge Ayatollah to halt flogging of poets convicted for their work NEW YORK—More than one hundred of the most prominent names in poetry, including Robert Pinsky,… More
Four Poems by Hannah Sanghee Park
what company am I / keeping? // Only that of someone whose liver is / a lily, whose lover was a likeness / in this light—come here, I'll show… More
Eight Poems by Sara Deniz Akant
a horse / cries through the fog. / the little lion balconies / did stoop before his loss. More
Molding the Violent Passion
Thai poet Mainueng K. Kunthee was shot and killed on April 23, 2014. He wrote his poem "Molding the Passion" in 2010 as the military started its ongoing crack… More
Three Poems by Simone Kearney
I fill you like feeling, which has a system. / I’m not far or near, the way words / pile up in dictionaries. I touch / your sensible drowning… More