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The Daily Aftershock (Writing Prompt)Burnt Divinities by Golnoosh NourEditorial Note by Max WallisGolnoosh Nour’s Burnt Divinities quite aptly burns at the intersection of inheritance and identity. Moving between myth, language, and lineage, the poem asks what it means to carry the sins—or sorrows—of our ancestors, and whether grief can ever truly be translated.From the opening declaration: “I am blessed, made of two extremes: my mother’s / death and my father’s madness” Nour situates the self as both divine and damned, glitter and garbage. The voice shifts between confession and incantation, haunted by familial karma and ancient history, the white dog...
2025-10-2702 min