poems and other oddities
poems and other oddities

Poet Laureate

It is as if you wish for home
fires, a hearth rug, someone
to sing those balm songs when you
return broken kneed and gloried from
the good fight. You wish for the poet
laureate in the night, and sticks and
stones to throw in the day. Well, hey –

Read the rest at Vallum Magazine (9:1, 2012)

Asma

Asma

We look for shade from the sun. Large leafy trees, banyans, whatever lasts longest, whatever ever renews. She sought the sun and […]