Samiya Bashir's Writings
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Poem
Feb.22.2009
Fall 2007
We've been reduced
to ice cold water, salt and well-beaten rocks, as though
the old customs could possibly sustain or keep us clean now. In truth, we hardly remember these early folkways.
Ah, but what we have hidden – glory! – the angle of dawn on our fingertips, pressed against our mish-mash flesh....
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Poem
Feb.22.2009
Winter 2009
if this is a game then we have made it, unknowing, to the final four. unlikely underdogs. spectators turned to suspect sport. anti-athletes. out of shape beyond reason.
at season’s height we fight for a limited audience. few dancers. fewer cheers. down by 30 and our coach m.i.a. we, foolish, dribble. each bounce-back brings a stranger....
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About Samiya
Samiya Bashir is the author of Gospel, forthcoming in March 2009 from RedBone Press, and Where the Apple Falls, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. Samiya's newest book of poetry,
Samiya is the editor of two groundbreaking anthologies: Best Black...
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