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POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
Saba Keramati is a multiracial writer from the San Francisco Bay Area. She is currently an MFA candidate at the University of California — Davis studying English Literature and Creative Writing. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in re:asian, Michigan Quarterly Review, and Santa Ana River Review.
Also by Saba Keramati:
Inside of Me
Poets Resist
Edited by Christine Taylor
January 24, 2020
Edited by Christine Taylor
January 24, 2020
World War 3 is Trending on Twitter
“America, ignore the window and look at your lap:”
— Solmaz Sharif
With every news outbreak, I think to write
about war, but I don’t know
enough. Freedom as a word disgusts me,
its underbelly danger, colonialism, dirty
secrets hidden from the citizens it’s sworn to protect.
Citizen, too, a word that can be taken away.
And yet I have them.
I have the words, the safety, the deep shameful thought
buried in the back of my mind:
I am an American. Although I have never liked that about myself —
it is true. The word America has become
a shield I never wanted to carry.
Yes, my parents lived through wars and revolutions;
the key word is lived.
Sought refuge so I could learn to write
in English. The word war is one of soft sounds,
even more so in the mouths of those who have never heard bombs.
Poets Resist is published by Glass Poetry Press.
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All contents © the author.
