Al-Khemia Poetica: A Women's Arts and Writing Journal

  ’You Up? My ringtone is a song from my libretto, “The Opposite of Fear is Love.” It’s the eleven o’clock number, but I’m not used to heari...

  Tiles At the end of last summer, a plume of smoke billowed from the bath when I turned it on. This is in Yokohama, Japan, and the water he...

  Reporting Back  When the men and women  became bully monsters  backed by bottom feeders  bending to fetch golf balls off the green, rolled...

  What I Forgot to Say   I like your hair. I’m sorry I mentioned your hair. Hair is a dangerous topic between mother and daughter. If I no...