xvii. the star

ℸוℸ מגן
by Cat Turhan

A concrete poem comprising six couplets about the Shoah/Holocaust placed in a hexagram, the shape of the Magen David.

Editor’s note: The Magen David is a Jewish symbol that long predates the existence of the genocidal settler colonial state of Israel. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. 🍉

Cat Turhan (she/her) is a Jewish-Turkish poet based in London, UK. She has been published in The Rialto, Anthropocene Magazine, and Ink, Sweat and Tears, and was long-listed for the National Poetry Competition.