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  • THE RISING #poetry by jay

    And the rising Begins— And the reign Of innocence Became denial In their heads And death Became the lead And truth Met its match And the rising Fed their Nimble brains And the reign Of innocence Died that day And it became The beginning The end Again. ©Jay Mora-Shihadeh revised 2-17-22 Photo by Amine M’Siouri from Pexels

  • RED #poetry by jay

    Originally posted on The Artist From The Inside Out: My poem RED is on the Feature page of Spillwords Press today. Spillwords is a great online literary platform publishing writers and poets from all over the globe. I’m very happy to have their continued support of my work, go give it a read and leave…

  • HEARTS CONTENT #art by jay

    This ArtDesign “Hearts Content” is created from one of my original oil paintings, originally painted in a yellow and orange palette. Here, I’ve re-created using a purple palette, designed in a unique, one-of-a-kind collage. © Jay Mora-Shihadeh. All Rights Reserved.

  • INSTANT NOODLES #poetry by jay

    rattles my ears crackling like pork rinds the sodium packet

  • PUBLISHED #poetry by Jay

    My poem “You Will Go” is featured on Spillwords Press today. Thank you to the editor, Dagmara K. for publishing this piece. Read Here

  • TROPICAL REFLECTIONS #art by jay

    This print is available in my art shop.

  • FIVE HOLLOW-POINT BULLETS #poetry by jay

    shocked still, silent frozen for a moment

  • Canvas Prints available- “Universal Perspective”

    Canvas Prints available- “Universal Perspective” https://artistfromtheinsideout.wordpress.com/?author=0 https://artistfromtheinsideout.wordpress.com/?author=0 Universal Perspective “Universal Perspective” is a digital ArtDesign I created using the Figma platform, from my original oil pastel on watercolor paper titled “Universal Day and Night” . © Jay Mora-Shihadeh. All Rights Reserved. January 31, 2022, 1:13 am 0 boosts 0 favorites — Read on artistfromtheinsideout.wordpress.com/2022/01/30/canvas-prints-available-universal-perspective/

  • Universal Perspective

    “Universal Perspective” is a digital ArtDesign I created using the Figma platform, from my original oil pastel on watercolor paper titled “Universal Day and Night” . © Jay Mora-Shihadeh. All Rights Reserved.

  • POETRY OF RESISTANCE IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE

    …I’ve been researching historical literature and poetry from my Palestinian heritage. Not exactly easy…

  • LOSS #poetry by jay

    Loss fungal/ passed away Time gave me a gift and I held tight Helix band tightened/ screwed Deep pools of wondrous/ blue Moments lost in parallax/ broken concrete Eyes set/ fixed on you/ spinning Over the moon/ under my bed Sealed on the edges The smack talk/ backwards I remember the happy times Lost then…

  • SATURATION #poetry by jay

    Saturation comes in quiet realizations blanketing the…

  • CONSUMED #poetry by jay

    my hair is longer my beard has…

  • THE DREAMS #poetry by jay

    The dreams become my party an escape to foreign lands enchantment and delusion dancing hand in hand. ©Jay Mora-Shihadeh Photo by Nicolas Hoizey on Unsplash

  • Feathered Fool

    And here he is again…FEATHERED FOOL #poetry by Jay Feathered Fool — Read on artistfromtheinsideout.wordpress.com/2020/10/08/feathered-fool/

  • SITTING DUCK #poetry by jay

    have i turned into a sitting duck? i thought the duck was fake fake ‘til i became the fake lamed protruding into the postnasal drip of my inebriated brain actual confusion of time leech/ ing/ a/ drip/ of/ sor/ row from our last days cups with meager pasts drops of mocha rings the stink of…

  • 2022 #poetry by jay

    on the crest of 2022/ zip like that it went crap crap/ into the loo we clear our eyes from 2021/ was it true? did we skip a year/ I thought we closed-out the dreary/ the weary/ the bloody fear skip jump mutate to next act/ year/ bring it on man! can’t get any better/worse…

  • Authors & Translators Who Left Us in 2021 #ArabLit

    A look back at a few authors, translators, and publishers who left us in 2021: January Ibrahim Ishaq (1946-2021) The Sudanese Writers Union said, in … Authors & Translators Who Left Us in 2021

  • THE HARDENED CRIMINAL BECOMES YOUR FRIEND #poetry by jay

    Years end on new/ as the holiday descends into an assault on the many/ and a prophecy for the smiling claims that lace the airwaves the hardened criminal becomes your friend and/ I once saw a reflection of light/ leading into a millennium promised anew a fresh-take for the starved fragile— already broken to fend…

  • CHEER! #poetry by jay

    And so, the end is near the daylight turns darker little by little we frail away waiting for Angels to save our day and harken— a New Year after a little rise of forced/ and not forced Cheer! ©Jay Mora-Shihadeh