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November 2022 / Poetry

Storm Warning

October 6, 2022 - by Sadiqa de Meijer

And what is thunder, and what makes stories end?

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A woman speaks with her daughter at the scene of Sunday's hate-motivated vehicle attack in London, Ontario

Reflections on the London Terrorist Attack

July 12, 2021March 24, 2022 - by Sadiqa de Meijer

With each new act of racist brutality, another piece of me shuts off from the world

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A woman's head against a pink background. Her face is obscured by a mosaic of various flesh-coloured tones.

The Racist History of the Painter’s Palette

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 - by Sadiqa de Meijer

Terms like “flesh tone” raise the question: Who does the art world think is holding the brush?

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A photo of the poet, who is smiling at the camera and has short, dark hair. Behind her is a lime-green and black background.

April 2020 / Poetry

Incantation

March 20, 2020 - by Sadiqa de Meijer

One hand pushes the swing, the other holds an open book, / paper valley of an elsewhere.

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Arts & Culture / Poetry

Red-Eye

May 10, 2019July 8, 2019 - by Sadiqa de Meijer

The plane makes its fluid, plummeting turn, and my window fills with land

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