The Bare Life Review

Our COVID series continues with "The Sound of Sirens," Maija Mäkinen's moving meditation on loss, memory, and what it means to stay home.

“Under the quiet skies I hear the sirens of ambulances and think of my grandmother, dead since 1993. We in the city are used to the constant wail of emergency vehicles, but these sirens are too frequent, and you cannot help but be aware of each one. In some moments you’ll be listening to one when another begins in a different direction, and the sounds join together like the howling of wolves in the night.”

https://www.barelifereview.org/post/the-sound-of-sirens

It’s Tuesday! That means our latest piece is up.

Pestilence, a poem by Rooja Mohassessy with accompanying artwork by her uncle Bahman Mohassess. Read the piece in full here: ⤵️

barelifereview.org/post/pestilence

Pestilence A poem by Rooja Mohassessy. "...Carnage is infectious, I can't help / touching my face. I pray someone will touch / me when my turn comes..."