Daily Archives: December 29, 2014

Poems that will get me killed (2015, Issue 1)

I wrote to her sacrilege Toasted haram She, an idol among dregs I, a totem in her palm Love lifts on rose scent leaving petals to quiver all between us once, rent, only kindling to give her Hence, I turn to death which best knows life and set fire to my nest … Continue reading

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Pulsing Inkwell

Love’s letters clatter in currents Winds curl to stillness, in a talus of potpourri, Season totem, a cluster of hope, waiting For one match pulled and struck, To scare the ghosts from the pyre. In a choke of smoke from … Continue reading

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