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Category: Poetry

Taking a Bird Apart

May 28, 2020 Nilufar Gordon Leave a comment

nestledin my handa birdwaits; its feathersare red and bluetinged with whiteand I pull themfrom its wingsone by one; they slide…

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All I Have to Show After Camping Out for Two Thousand Miles and Taking Notes on Wrappers

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In the starladen night of the Gila Wildernessin the mountains of of New MexicoI saw my own death creep spiderlikeand…

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Necromancy

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for NaVirginia Rebecca Southall Hatcher (1867 1951) If I hold my breathtill I get to the cornerand step on each…

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Inheritance

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Poor Hera diminished by a verdictfrom the unknown shepherd boy,sought vengeancethe devastation of Priam’s house,of Hector whom we all loved,of…

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Hemingway’s House in Key West

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More of a change than any loss of virginity. Fear gone like an operation. Hemingway at 63he matter-of-factlyslid his big…

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El Metro, 1961

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In the white tiledsubways of Madridremnants of the Guerra Civil,bare trunks of men,dwell like baroque statuarybartering their looksfor my pesetas.…

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Downtown St. Louis on Your Birthday

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for Albert S. Hatcher (1904-1980) 1 years tumble nowlike water loosedfrom damsof sticks and mudin forest creekbedsthat cradledfrail dreams; these…

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Evolution

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Evolution A molten seedspun off from stars,balanced perfectlybetween willful centrifugalismand the warming loveof Newton’s sun,cools while in the murkyrecesses of…

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The Quickening: Unknown Poetry of Ṭáhirih, volume 2

February 24, 2020 erfanv Leave a comment

This second of the companion works is a translation of another manuscript discovered by Dhuká’í Bei?áíe. Like the source manuscript…

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Adam’s Wish: Unknown Poetry of Táhirih

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This work is one of two companion books derived from a lengthy manuscript that we were fortunate to receive from…

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