By Ali Znaidi Download pdf, epub, mobi
I wish I was a lobster to feel
no pain.
But when I remembered the delicious pain
of North African lemons
that pierce the tongue,
I declared this wish null.
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Ali Znaidi(b.1977) lives in Redeyef, Tunisia, where he teaches English. He authored four poetry chapbooks including Experimental Ruminations(Fowlpox Press, 2012), Moon’s Cloth Embroidered with Poems(Origami Poems Project, 2012), Bye, Donna Summer!(Fowlpox Press, 2014), and Taste of the Edge(Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2014). You can see more of his work on his blog at aliznaidi.blogspot.com
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Poetry Like My Mind by David Ishaya Osu The Plan by David Ishaya Osu A Cancellation by Ali Znaidi I’m Unlike My Mother by Liz Leppy
Spoken Word Inside the Mind of a Happy Side Dish by Acen Miriam Carolyne
BN Poetry Awards Special Interview with Tom Jalio
Short Fiction Playing Games in the Delta by Lauri Kubuitsile In Her Sister’s Shadow by Hannah Onoguwe Jar of misfortune by Mulumba Ivan MatthiasJaw’ed Angel by Yazeed Dezele
Poetry Like My Mind by David Ishaya Osu The Plan by David Ishaya Osu A Cancellation by Ali Znaidi I’m Unlike My Mother by Liz Leppy
Spoken Word Inside the Mind of a Happy Side Dish by Acen Miriam Carolyne
BN Poetry Awards Special Interview with Tom Jalio