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Winter 2009 • Vol. XXXI No. 1 • Poetry |

Blue My Promise a Swan

By Kazim Ali

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Kazim Ali
Kazim Ali’s most recent book of poetry is Sky Ward (Wesleyan, 2013). His other recent books include a book of essays, Resident Alien (Michigan, 2015) and a collection of short fiction, Uncle Sharif’s Life in Music (Sibling Rivalry, 2016). He is an associate professor of creative writing and comparative literature at Oberlin College.

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