LENA ALYAAN

author ~ poet ~ comic artist

 

My Poems

Ramadan Periods

A poem about the stigma of periods that's heightened during Ramadan.

Ramadan

A poem about the paradoxical nature of Ramadan. A time of toil that is so magical and blissful.

Distorted Reality

A poem about that deceptive sense of normalness we are all guilty of when a genocide is unfolding before our eyes.

Growing Little Brothers

A poem about my best friend who is growing older and distant.

I cRAVE THE Little THINGS

A poem about the weird feeling where someone makes the banal feel so enchanting and wonderful all of the sudden.

Friend At My Fingertips

A homage to the friend we all have but rarely acknowledge.

Hated to love

A reflection on my first experience of the notorious and ever-storied

emotion called “love.”

The World Will Never Be the Same

A poem about disenchantment with America in the wake of the enabled massacre against Gaza.