Category Archives: fana fillah

Poem: 22 / Job Sits in His Chair

Posted on July 6, 2012 by

Job sits in his chair of molten lead Walks on a beach of burning sand speaks words that blister the air sings a soft song that his heart can hear Finds his closest companion just a jugular vein away Holds … Continue reading →

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Poem: 5 / Seeing the Scaffold

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

Seeing the scaffold at the end of the road or a steamroller coming toward you or a herd of elephants bearing down or looking into the maw of a tiger on your morning stroll his teeth and back of throat … Continue reading →

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Poem: The World Went Away

Posted on October 29, 2011 by

1 The world went away on a hunting trip and left us alone in the long and short corridors and sudden staircases ascending heavenly levels A gray light entered around us with whispering tread and a soft electrical energy whose … Continue reading →

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2 Poems: If We Woke Up One Morning / Blue Circles

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

IF WE WOKE UP ONE MORNING If we woke up one morning to find we didn’t exist would the fast be abrogated? Or be more completely fulfilled? If we were a vague fractal outline among mountain crags or mounded clouds … Continue reading →

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