poem
First flight of a flightless bird
I pen misery with dark black ink that I draw from a hole inside of my chest
11 May 2023
The Mandalorian
The Mando, having more pressing matters
To protect the kid, no bounty, no task ordained
To him. He loves its cooing, its soft forehead,
Appealing spell cast by the marveled eyes.
5 May 2023
Escapril: How a poetry writing challenge curates community
The Instagram account for Escapril posts all 30 prompts for the month ahead of time, and the poet is only required to write by taking inspiration from said prompts
14 April 2023
Night on the borderline
An unwarranted guide, tormented pride, a sheep inside of a wolf’s hide.
13 April 2023
Dear Van Gogh
Remembering Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent Willem van Gogh on his 170th birth anniversary–March 30, 1853.
1 April 2023
Ephemeral
But in this lifetime, we'll never know what we could've become.
30 March 2023
Dreams I Dare Not Dream
For hope is when I dream those dreams I dared not dream.
30 March 2023
Explorations on Time
I used to wear my minutes as accessories and now the minutes wear me.
30 March 2023
Interview with a Birangona
That evening,
a blade sliced through string, through
skin, red on red on red. Kutta, the man
in khaki says. It is only later I realize
it is me he is calling dog. Dog. Dog.
25 March 2023
The Birangona in poetry and conversation
Using a Fulbright fellowship, Tarfia decided to come to Bangladesh to research the war and interview the women whom the Bangladesh government, in 1972, titled Birangona (war heroines). These interviews resulted in 'Seam' (Southern Illinois University Press, 2014).
25 March 2023
Mundane thoughts of a house robot
“Eat, My darling, or else your goulash will become cold”
23 March 2023
Advice for Pliny the Elder, Big Daddy of Mansplainers
Great Man, now that you are dead, allow me to squeeze your hand. The sage bushes in Umbria are heavy with bees, so I’m killing them with hypnosis.
10 March 2023
Double Dream of Dhaka
I see flicker the auroras of Jupiter.
2 March 2023
Love won’t you look at me
Does the crowd bother you?
2 March 2023
When Time Stops
For the lesser the days, the weaker the youth
2 March 2023
Mothers of the earth
Come, if you may, with swords or guns. Remember, I won’t cry and run; I will rise from the depths of the land.
18 February 2023
Possibilities: Attainable
Possibilities that are small enough to be held in the clammy palms of a toddler.
16 February 2023
Three Wishes
It’s never the things that matter.
2 February 2023
Wondrous Woes
The only thing that disregards - Is that you won’t be there to
19 January 2023
Carnival
Welcome to the Carnival of Dreams and Memories
5 January 2023