amhránI went to Ireland to look for god and I have found the grieving songs of wind and trees with branches as long as hair men raising sheep in…Feb 17, 20221Feb 17, 20221
of all the ways to goI woke up feathered in the wings of a white raven ground between my teethSep 9, 20211Sep 9, 20211
Thy Death, Thy Grief: When apples die, they shrink and turn into old men.Yugoslavia ceased to exist in 1992 but I was too young to notice that. Later on, I was wondering what had happened to the tall donkey with…Aug 24, 2021Aug 24, 2021
Published inBlue Insightsseedsthe bees of my body sing in the soft apricots of your feelingsNov 3, 20202Nov 3, 20202
Published inPoets Unlimitedspider websyour face and my face our faces in each other’s hands everything is haunted in us the seas, the trees, the oceans the fragments of the…Sep 5, 20191Sep 5, 20191
Published inPoets Unlimitednations of snowthere is a beast inside us and we are the shoeless beasts wearing nothing but our furs and teeth clawing at life.Aug 26, 2019Aug 26, 2019
Published inPoets Unlimitedthe five petaled oleanderssoon there will be nothing left of me not a bone, not a piece of skin or strand of hair lost in your hand the olive trees, the orange…Jun 4, 20193Jun 4, 20193
the elephants are rising in my chestcovered by your hands and feet blowing off dead fruit flies from apples and mangoes in your father’s kitchen glasses standing in rows…Mar 6, 20196Mar 6, 20196
Published inPoets UnlimitedmisplacedI am half Arab which country is my mother which country is my father the one that raised me or the one that I secretly long for…Nov 27, 20184Nov 27, 20184
Published inPoets Unlimitedbefore your hand falls down on herremember when you hit a woman you take away her innocence I thought you should know that because you did not know this before and when one…Sep 30, 20183Sep 30, 20183
Published inPoets UnlimitedencountersI saw two people in the rain today her face was small and wet and he held it in his hands and they laughed it was as if the street was…Sep 20, 2018Sep 20, 2018
Published inPoets Unlimitedportraits of lightthere are oceans beyond the sands there is an island where the palm trees shake where her heart lives in between the greenness of the wet…Sep 2, 20181Sep 2, 20181
Published inPoets Unlimitedthe space in between my fingersI am the sunrise in your mouthAug 19, 2018Aug 19, 2018
Published inPoets Unlimitedfields of violetsthere is a place on the side of the rail tracks where the thick grass grows out of the earth long and unkempt like the windswept hair…Jul 27, 2018Jul 27, 2018
Published inPoets Unlimitedwe are not the last onesI always change my trains at the same station sometimes I see the same faces everyday and today I did not feel like getting out of the…Jul 22, 2018Jul 22, 2018
Published inPoets Unlimitedshe has birds of her owndo you ever wake up with a sound of a seagull in your head you shatter me and I rise I held you in between my eyes and my legs like a…Jul 18, 20182Jul 18, 20182
Published inPoets Unlimitedstepping on lightand there were times of joy that seemed to be infinite and you were kings and queens of light and then the weariness of the night would…Jul 5, 2018Jul 5, 2018
Published inPoets Unlimitedfor my uncleyou died in Africa just now almost on Father’s Day they said it was malaria your friend called us I could not sleep I was howling like a…Jun 18, 2018Jun 18, 2018
Published inPoets Unlimitedseasons of beautyI left work and saw a white dog across the street a strange breed big bodied white as flour with pointy ears an old man was pulling the…Jun 12, 20181Jun 12, 20181
Published inPoets Unlimitedher legs, her face in the sunI woke up and it was light her legs were wrapped around my knees she couldn’t reach my feet with her feet because she was short and I…May 30, 201843May 30, 201843
