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POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
Zaina Alsous is an angry Muslim poet, activist, and daughter of the Palestinian diaspora. Some of her current interests include prison abolition and Saturn's moons. You can find a few of her poems in The Offing, Jaffat El Aqlam, Word Riot and elsewhere.
On Longing
An exaggeration that exaggerates. A smile that eats the mouth. Sediment or beloved,
the hanged terrarium. Want never comes without atonement. Even the fates must share
an eye and a tooth while stroking Apollo’s thread. Ask the Sufis how
to find God:
buried. Beneath the ink breath of otherwise; moaning
is is is in circumference. Faith was easier before sex became involved.
Who will touch me in the middle of this war.
Glass: A Journal of Poetry is published monthly by Glass Poetry Press.
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