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May Sheep Safely Graze?

A poem.
By Jasmine Marshall Armstrong
The illustration shows a sheep looking out at a hill that is lit up with bombs.
Illustration by Hokyoung Kim
January 2024

The electric fence is low,
and the coyotes many
this verdant year,
this jubilee when farmers
change their signs
from demands we
PRAY FOR RAIN
to THANK YOU LORD.

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The cover depicts an illustration of Palestinian peace activist Ali Abu Awwad with the colors of the Palestinian and Israeli flags in the background, and Hebrew and Arabic words for nonviolence and peaceful resistance respectively.
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Illustration by Hokyoung Kim