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The First Time I though it was about the poetry by

On a certain morning, mid-March, I was wakened by a fellow poet in Montreal, “Kirby, you’re going to the Griffins!” followed by a few similar texts, then going online to see what the fuss was actually about, and indeed my dear poet friend Dale Martin Smith’s brilliant long poem, The Size of Paradise was selected as a Finalist for the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize which I published at knife | fork | book.

Poetry“Tomorrow” by from Shadow Price (House of Anansi Press)
There is still time, so approve the project. Comply with the law, or don’t. It’s not the end of the world. Find a way to minimize expenses. Cut those jobs, they’ll be fine. The future is a tightrope. Lengthen it with cash. Lengthen it with flights overseas, the air is clear enough. The pilot will be fine. The kids will be fine. Look them in the eye. Try again. That’s it. Smile. Collect donations from customers. ","cta":"Read full story","showBylines":true,"size":"sm","isEditorNode":true,"title":"Comply with the law, or don’t. It’s not the end of the world. ","publishedBylines":[{"id":7420303,"name":"Farah Ghafoor","bio":"Farah Ghafoor is an award-winning poet and author of Shadow Price (House of Anansi, 2025).","photo_url":"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f... me get back to you","primaryPublicationId":68318}],"post_date":"2025-05-04T05:43:23.355Z","cover_image":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazon... ","id":162800041,"type":"newsletter","reaction_count":0,"comment_count":0,"publication_name":"Send My Love to Anyone","publication_logo_url":"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f... poems from Myth (House of Anansi Press) by Terese Mason Pierre“Sparrow on the Balcony Railing” by from Birdology (Cactus Press)FictionAn excerpt from A Mouth Full of Salt (Invisible Publishing) by Reem Gaafar

In the year that she had lived in Khartoum, Nyamakeem had seen very few Southerners except for a few soldiers retired from the Egyptian army who now lived on the far end of El Diyoum. The British government had not wanted the Arab Muslims infiltrating the South, corrupting the people and spreading their despised “Mohamedanism” into the rest of Africa. So, they had enacted a closed territory policy in the South, replacing Arab infantry in the military with the Equatorian Corps, relocating all Northern Sudanese administrators to the North, and pushing out Northern merchants.

One of These Days We’ll Both Be Fine

I’m starting a new series called One of These Days We’ll Both Be Fine which was something my mother said to me earlier this year when we were both having a bad day. At the time it was slightly sad, a little funny, but also comforting.

Here are a few excerpts:

Gatherings

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