Dark
Light
Adrift
April storms walk in without takingtheir boots off. I close my eyes—let lightning flash inside me.Its love is…
Hungry and other poems
when we are mango sweetand avocado fat when we are pear crispand honeydew dripping when we are mint…
Malcolm X at Sidi Gaber
My death feels imminent, but the feeling recedes when I’m distant from the American scene that threatens me…
Eclipse
The power’s out when we arrive,so our greeting is the tip-tap of paws in the stairwell,the flap of…
in the land of keepsakes i moor
Painting courtesy of Reda Khalil
I Called him Adam
When the news arrived that my wife was expecting, an electric current of anticipation surged through us, igniting…
Sarah’s Laughter
is summer peachesthe innocent sleep of evening flowersa walk in gentle rainthe soft dance of reedsat golden hour!…
Wishes and other poems
I want to kill myself, several times a month;to kill the voice in my head, several times a minute; to kiss…
kulsoom in the springtime and other poems
kulsoom in the springtime i think she’s in love. the foghorn in her throat has dulcified to a…