The Capitulaton of King Stomach
Slave stomach said to the rest of the body “I am King!” and the general populace of the body acquiesced worried lest its bond…
Fasting
Halfway Through the Fast
Halfway through the fast is it a giant granite stone we shoulder uphill in a boiling sun? Or pool after reflective shady pool …
Hand of Light
A crater opens in the day and swallows us whole Though we may want to wander at the base of it asking for water…
Signs of Allah
When the tide of the day pulls out and leaves the night standing on the shore swallowing the stars and the moon is nearly…
Ramadan is Burnished Sunlight
Ramadan is burnished sunlight on the cheek of the Beloved at the first dawn of creation first fruits burst on first green bran…
The Things of This World
The things of this world have gone a remove while fasting as if through a kind of glazed window just out of reach which…
A Fiery Glow in the Heart
Taste the nothing that isn’t and the nothingness that is How many giraffes could gallop through those words with their incredi…
Black Cow
At our night of dhikr last night our shaykh asked us what Ramadan is to each one of us personally and insisted that we…
Leave the World Alone
Sumptuous Juggler God Coy Beloved Elusive Letter-writer from a distant land beyond moonbeams and tides though You send them to…
Adam Stood in the World
Adam stood in the world as tall as the trees the sun bathing his body birds wreathing his outline with birdsong waters everywh…
Elusive Crescent
Ah coy crescent hiding in a blush of sky so many want to see you and hold you to our hearts each in our…
25th day of Ramadan Poems: If We Woke Up One Morning / Blue Circles
IF WE WOKE UP ONE MORNING If we wok…