The Lamp Volume 12

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Table of Contents

8………… Acknowledgements, Rachel M. Friars and Sabrina Masud

9………… Editors’ Note, Rachel M. Friars and Sabrina Masud

10………… Chapter 1: (Dis)Placed

11………… Editor’s Note, Jesyka Traynor

12………… [Self-]Portrait of a Diasporic Subject, Zahra Tootonsab

14………… What’s mine is yours, Ruchini Abayakoon

15………… Anthropo-(Geo/Phytomorpho)-logies, Dorothy Celeste Wright-Spinks

16………… Camping Frame of Mind, Asmaa Ghonim

17………… api yamu, neda?, Ruchini Abayakoon

18………… Chapter 2: Lexicon

19………… Editor’s Note, Skylar Kovacs

20………… Apricot stones and almond eyes, Lucie von Schilling

21………… The ABCs of OCD, Emily Franzo

22………… Words Surpassed by their Self-Negations, Julia DaSilva

24………… The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even, Lucie von Schilling

25………… Sunday Ghazal, Julia DaSilva

26………… Chapter 3: Flora

27………… Editor’s Note, Emma Rhodes

28………… Essence of Scotland, Olivia Taylor

29………… Bed of Moss, Lucie von Schilling

30………… Chamomile, Julia DaSilva

32………… Butter, Brennan Thomas

33………… We will go all the way, Julia DaSilva

35………… Fruit Stands, Olivia Taylor

36………… Chapter 4: Jiva

37………… Editor’s Note, Sabrina Masud

38………… I find them on your couch, Julia DaSilva

39………… Blood Memory, Kendra Guidolin

44………… Nine, Emily Franzo

45………… Star of Bethlehem, Raphaela Pavlakos

46………… Creation Story, Marie Trotter

47………… About the Authors

50………… About the Editors