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Published Poetry

Dec 12, 2023
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Updated: Sep 9


Finding words in the landscape of loss. For a long time, my poetry existed only in the margins of my days; scattered verses jotted down while hiking, riding my bike, or reflecting on art and nature. But this past summer brought an unimaginable wave of loss, taking my brother and several cherished family members in a painful six-month span. In the wake of that grief, the fragments stopped being enough. I returned to full-form poetry because I needed a container large enough to hold their memory, my sorrow, and the quiet beauty that still remains on the trail. Welcome to my updated poetry space.

"Bread" poem published by Amethyst Review READ; 2026

Poets and artists collaboration, VLGallery; 2024 - 2025

Eventually Anthology;

Ekpharastic Review;

Months to Years Magazine;

Monthly Writer's Meetup Alexandria Bookshop Newsletter;

The Jewish Literary Journal;

Amethyst Review;

The Amaranth Journal;

Guest poet at workshop: "Where Art Meets the Line" Poetry Society of Virginia;

Dashboard Horus Blog;

Medical Literary Messenger: Virginia Commonwealth University;

Al-Khemia Poetica Magazine;

The Poet Magazine (England);

Mindful Magazine;

Soul-Lit: a Journal of Spiritual Poetry;

Grey Thoughts Magazine;

Medicine and Meaning Magazine University of Arkansas Press;

Global Voices Group Newsletter;

The Jewish Writing Project;

ARC Magazine;

Verbal 2 Exhibit;

Agape Review;

Club Plum Literary Journal;

New Member Global Voices Writers Newsletter (Israel);

Adept Press/Small Brushes;

Baruch Literary Blog' Bethesda Poetry Writing Competition (award);

Blue Jew Yorker Magazine;

Blue Minaret Magazine;

Cyclamens and Swords Magazine (Israel);

Deronda Review (Israel);

Dream International Quarterly;

Edift Fiction Magazine;

Eve Anthology;

Ekphrastic Magazine;

GhentReader Journal;

Green River Writers Association (award);

Illanot Review (Israel);

Lady Jane Magazine;

Poetry Society of Virginia Annual Award;

Mediterranean Magazine;

Mim’aamakin Anthology;

New Vilna Review;

One Page Poems: Old Dominion University;

Pen Magazine;

Poetica Magazine;

Society of Pennsylvania;

Poetry Society of Virginia 80’s Anniversary Collection;

Poetry Super Highway Magazine;

Poets Domain Anthology;

Potpourri Magazine;

Sacred Journey Magazine;

Scribbler on the Roof Magazine;

Shofar Literary Review;

Skipping Stones Anthology;

So Long Anthology;

Something to Read;

Spirit First Anthology (award);

Texas Poetry Society (award);

Tiger Moth Review;

The Bulletin: B’nai Israel Congregation;

The Jewish Literary Magazine;

Transcendent Visions Magazine;

Voices Israel (Israel);

Whispering Tree Magazine;

Women in Judaism Journal;

Writers Alliance;

Writer’s Eye Magazine.

 


 

 
 
 

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At the River’s Edge
Inspired by my Leaf Motif Series

 

The river’s edge reveals a fleeting space,
Where emerald yields to bronze and weathered rust,
As autumn winds dismantle summer’s grace,
And brittle fragments gather into dust.

 

The water catches evening’s fractured light,
With flashes drawn from silver, gold, and chrome;
While leaves and loosened remnants twist in flight,
Then settle where the shifting currents comb.

 

Upon the page, the smaller scale draws near,
Inviting slower looking, mark by mark,
Where layered forms emerge, dissolve, appear,
Like traces briefly lifted from the dark.

 

Through flowing ink, the season shifts its form,
And movement holds what cannot be reborn.

​

by Michal Mahgerefteh 

Studio location:
@Colley Executive Offices
900 Granby Street
Norfolk, Virginia 23510


 
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