Revelation
Les Wicks This prophet is still waiting. I have smitten the whores & the beasts who frequent them.Despite the neglect of my templesstill you feed me narcotics.I am drowning in…
Hope
Brandon Marlon It is that minimal sustenance,growing wild in the clefts of rocks,encouraging survival despite all,a guardrail keeping us from the gorge.Fused with confidence it becomes faith,a trusting and wizened…
A Lost Celebration
Layal AlEryani When people ask me “what’s your favorite day of the year?”, I always reply “Halloween”- It’s not my birthday, nor a specific date that holds special memories- which…
Of Lost Lands & Dying Rivers
Humnah Farooqui He stands before a well. It is a vast crater in the ground, its dark water shallow, draining out. Rags and candy wrappers float on the surface. It…
Haiku Poetry : A Place Of Solace
Maryam Qureshi When I read haiku for the first time in my life, I just fell for this form of poetry. Haiku is the brief but powerful and perhaps the…
30 Q With Ahmed Baider
Ahmed Baider – a Yemeni Award Winning Journalist Producer and a nominee for several Awards including Fighting Famine Awards,EMMY Awards and Amnesty Awards – answers The Elixir’s 30 Questions. Who…
Trying too hard to be happy is making us sad
Carla Delgado There’s nothing wrong with feeling down, disappointed, or unsatisfied – we’ve all been there. Sometimes it’s just a phase, and sometimes, it takes a little bit longer than…
The Happy Skin Cream Brings So Much Joy to Women’s Lives
Esra’ AlNaggar How often did we as women search for home-made remedies to cure our chopped lips or fight hyper-pigmentation. Or to brighten those too dark circles that sleep heavily…
