Poet, Noorulain Noor  (photo provided) There is a detached elegance regarding Noorulain Noor’s work.  Her pieces titter on elegance and simplicity with rich layers of hued emotional context and vivid portrayals. Here are brief excerpts from her work in the winter/spring 2014 issue: from Holiday House She traced circles on her palm as she told us the stories of her youth and the fold in the fabric of history that broke a nation, birthed two, and many a folk- tale of love and triumph, battle and loss, and back to the time she walked across an intangible border in the land, the signature of a powerful hand…. from Atonement …Maybe I would find you then on an indistinguishable road of this metropolis, see you from afar and recognize your eyes and the wrinkle between them, the one I sewed and kissed and loved. But, in the clamor of people and their voices, will you hear me when I call your name?... Read Noor's complete works plus Weatherman in our next issue.