Ten Days in the Tall Trees

A river is a bridge / of time sliced throat / of an apple 

Water called out to me
each mouth a lush blue
garden, window, a       warning:
The rooftop is the worst.

Sight is nothing but an opportunity
to become                      the mountain’s
bruised heads disrupting
the horizon where the water

streams into a comma
piercing the tongue
behind my tongue splitting
open    ing to my grandmother.

Language is where I grew less
small               light streaming through the gaps
between my fingers
tell a fortune of their own like
who was related to

who? Who? If you’re there,
tell me where the creek stretches
beyond the de facto
line      your eye with mine.

A river is a bridge
of time sliced                throat
of an apple        is in season
on the other side          savor
the tart sting
again,   again &

Ezza Ahmed

Ezza Ahmed is an educator and poet based in NYC. Her poetry is concerned with diaspora, memory, and water (rivers, creeks, lakes, etc.). Her work is in The Idaho Review, The Gingerbug Press, Sycamore Review, Apogee Journal, and the Michigan Review.

Larissa Ribeiro


Larissa Ribeiro is a Brazilian artist and graphic designer dedicated to exploring collaborative creative processes and artificial intelligence. She holds a degree in Architecture and has specialized in illustration at institutions in Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom. She is a partner at Estúdio Rebimboca, a design studio based in São Paulo. Her illustrated books have been translated to over 20 countries, and are available for free download under Creative Commons license. Her work has earned international recognition, including awards from the Art Directors Club, Communication Arts, and Latin American Design Awards.