Artwork by Jeff Manning I’d tell her I miss her How when I’m in the presence of other mothers I melt soften gazing, devouring every minute detail, it’s not envy, it’s not sadness I’d just […]
Category: {Poetry}
The Huntress {الصيّادة} Playbook
a huntress should ready her mind, body soul open all the shakras focus all the vibes and waves & energies of the universe as she sharpens her knives, strings her bow, and loads her shotgun […]
This Charming Man & This Charming Lady {Text}
This Charming man Knows how to treat a girl, forget the bumbling fools, the awkward, awkwardly wearing either too tight or too loose a buttoned down collared shirt, cant even look a girl straight in […]
This Charming Man* Live Performance
*Song title of The Smiths
Her Mother’s Eyes
Her favorite thing, her favorite thing was looking into her mothers eyes, at how they crinkled at the sides, and just knowing that all was right That she could run, she could skip she could […]
The Inbetween Chick {الفردة “البين بين” }
She had been so accustomed to her skin, كانت قد تعودت على جلدها but days came where it felt as if after peeling it and rubbing it raw, it wasn’t enough. ولكن يوما جاء به […]
The Picky Byra {Spinster}
The Picky Byra البايرة ال— I know what they’ve told you أعلم ما أخبروك You a wilted flower بأنك زهرة ذابلة Past its bloom تخطت زمن رونقها Your ovaries a wasted graveyard وبويضاتك أرض جرداء […]
{Taste of Heaven} by Hiba Rasheed
By Hiba Rasheed She knows… Three months old Eyes speak of untold feats Conceived one month early Sep 11 My neophyte revolutionary Her torrential presence rains On the arid terrains of my soul, Each drop, […]
Al Neel Waltz
Half her face was paralyzed in a blinding joy the other half in a crushing sorrow that started from within her shattered iris that left a trail of fissures along her jawline down to her […]
Street Baby
I ran into an angel More like she ran into me didn’t even reach my knees, face, hands clothes caked with dirt A street baby Hugging my legs she looks up to my face Baby […]
The Loneliest in Khartoum
Tell me you don’t stand there after your salaat still numb Fumbling with words You The loneliest of Khartoum Turn to your drinks, & your puff, & your tricks In heat In pursuit For […]
Marvel at Me
A wild child Ever hesitant lost in the guile of time empowered yet restless guilt ridden blemished confounded to offer you no solace that is me the one with the smile cracked so many […]
I Pay my Respects
As those dancers do Sweep my fingers across the dirtied floor Kiss these fingertips Bless the top of my head I pay my respects Cherishing each step Wear these scars humbly flower from this pen […]
The Pitiless Solution
He left no time to regret A heedless beckon, an afterthought almost, making it all the more sweeter A summon with a look and I came, regardless of the imminent finale, as if sleepwalking I accept […]
Waiting
Retreating mother You lap at my ankles This bittersweet dance we keep stepping to But now it is my turn to do the standstill an unmovable force pent up solutions Raising arms I pay tribute […]
I Love HER
White Plastic bag Rustling Stuck to that half dead Tree Snapping at the wind A flag A plea To Surrender To her To her I follow The splashes of water Leaking from that bucket In […]
N & S & W & E
N The burden of youth she carries gracefully on those sun induced creases, wearing her misery like a trinket that chimes with the silenced voices of the forced exodus, her complexion a watery faded memory […]
It Burns
It Burns me to see such animosity Such open Hostility It Burns to see the looks of helplessness Such open Anguish It Burns to have tears that have no nearing end bitter […]
Nag-Sha-Bendy Halfa!
Tell me Tell me Tell me Tell me Eyes crinkle in the corner Twinkle with the memory As I continue to tug on your 3aragy Baba Tell me Tell me Tell me […]
Lonesome Groovin’
Boy that syrupy hush bedroom talk that keeps my earlobes tingling Yet my dignity this jaw tight locked hardheadedness Wont allow me to open my mouth and say what it is That would you mind […]
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