Refugees Holiday Cooking It was the only tree

It was the only tree on the whole dusty mountaintop

Skeleton and Muscles

When the trip threatens to open doors to the past better left shut

From the stone-shot Turkish supercannon to the atomic artillery of the 1950s

Sing is story—the yearning for a narrative to help us understand ourselves

Refugees Holiday Cooking It was the only treeRefugees is a book of two voices. The first one sees the people fleeing from war and persecution and asks, "Why here? Why my country?" It is a feeling many people share. It is one of fear and suspicion. But when you read the text the opposite way, a new voice emerges. It says, "Why not make them welcome? Why not share the things we have?" The world is undergoing a period of mass human migration. Whether this is caused by war, persecution or economics,