January 2026
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Four years gone and I am still your mother,
by Ann Weil tracking time, crossingoff days— Mondays I washyour clean shirts, hang them on the line one by one they unpin, fly away, I hope they are homing pigeonsTuesdays I sweepunder your bedI am stillfinding your hairWednesdaysI sit on the rooflight a signal fireburn down the houseThursdays I buy binoculars, scan the blameless horizonFridays… Continue reading
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Every Time I Write a Poem I Fail
by Alicia Hoffman Promised I’d quit if my desires, like a switch, clicked easily off. Once, under the bright lights of Westminster, I walked lightly over stones and maybe I sacrificed nothing but the sacrament. Transformation was what I was after. Promised myself my poem would be vast. Definitely not superficial. Not coy. No clever… Continue reading
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Happy New Year
When January House Literary Journal launched in May of last year, I had barely an idea of where we might be headed. I’ve been overwhelmed with gratitude for the response from our readers and contributors, making January House a greater success than I could have imagined. In our first, abbreviated, year we’ve published three issues,… Continue reading
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Which Muslims Do You Write For?
by Elizabeth Shanaz The ones tired of performing / The ones with tattoos and piercings and cuss words’ fragrance on their tongues / The ones who are nearly hafiz / The ones who still have to look up the steps for namaz / The ones sick and tired of that masjid Attitude Aunty / The… Continue reading
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