Poetry
Spring 2010
Excerpts from the Body’s Sura
From the Arabic. i. They will have silver circling their wrists. They will have curves and details, and limber muscles. Their loose hair will be drenched on brief evenings with […]
Poetry
Spring 2010
The House after Her Death
From the Arabic. Nothing has changed after my mother’s death. Her portraits are still youthful. My four sisters are still intent on keeping the day tied to its three […]
Poetry
Spring 2010
Lampoon
From the Arabic. Like a broken-hearted falcon, like a toothless storm, I will lean on the edge of the city and block with my back the arrows that friends fling […]