March 16, 2019 Obituaries Can You Hear the Shape of the Drum? By Stephen Byrne. W.S. Merwin dies on the same day as the Christchurch mosque shootings. …
June 22, 2018 Obituaries A Purple Flower Among The Grazing Horses By Stephen Byrne. In her final moments of safety, Asifa Bano was a little girl grazing her horses in a Kashmir meadow. …
June 20, 2018 Obituaries As a Mother By Stephen Byrne. Claudia Gómez González hoped for an education. She was killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Texas instead. …
September 6, 2017 Africa/World The Strange Pattern of Birds By Stephen Byrne. Based on chilling testimonies from kidnapped Chibok girls. More than 100 remain missing. …
August 19, 2017 Africa/World Hummingbird By Stephen Byrne. Aly Diabate was a child forced to grow cocoa beans. He never even tasted chocolate. …
August 12, 2017 Middle East With Open Arms I Have Heard By Stephen Byrne. This poem is based on the testimony of many refugees. …