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March 25, 2016
Poetry Quarterly has accepted my poem “Winter Moon” for Spring 2016 publication
Poetry Quarterly has accepted my poem “Winter Moon” for Spring 2016 publication
My poem “Stone Birds” is published in the new issue of Red Savina Review.
My poem “Stone Birds” is published in the new issue of Red Savina Review.
March 24, 2016
My new limited edition collection of some previously published poems is available for purchase
“Earl in the Day,” my new limited edition collection of some previously published poems, is available for purchase here.
March 14, 2016
Thank you Heron Tree for publishing my poem “After Bashō”
Thank you Heron Tree for publishing my poem “After Bashō”
March 13, 2016
Epigrammatic Eloquence
The Far Mosque by Kazim Ali
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Kazim Ali’s collection of poetry are shaped by their own growth and search for meaning. Though often in fragments or snippets rather than any classical form, their have shape and are accessible as they are rich in an eloquence that is often epigrammatic:
“When a Scholar pauses by a closed door
She may not be listening to the music, but to the door”
“Carry what you can in your hands. Scatter the rest.”
There is a humble humanity and a deep compassion in Ali’s words. As mush as this collection reflects the diaspora of language and people in our post-post-Modern world, there is hope and a sense of the unity of being:
“Then the gray-green sky came down in breaths to my lips and sipped me.”
March 8, 2016
Meat For Tea: The Valley Review will publish 3 of my poems in their next issue.
Meat For Tea: The Valley Review will publish 3 of my poems—“Wrestling Proteus on the Beach,” “Whitman Deconstructed,” and “Crafting the Void” —in their next issue.
March 5, 2016
Thank you SBLAAM for putting my two poems up front in Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine #4
Thank you SBLAAM for putting my two poems up front in Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine #4
My poem “Cutting Deeper” is in the latest issue of Yellow Chair Review
My poem “Cutting Deeper” is in the latest issue of Yellow Chair Review
March 3, 2016
Two of my poems are now published online by GFT Press
Two of my poems are now published online by GFT Press
February 29, 2016
My poem “A Matter of Gravity” is published in the Winter 2016 issue of Blue Heron Review
My poem “A Matter of Gravity” is published in the Winter 2016 issue of Blue Heron Review
