Saturday, July 16, 2011
Stanley Niamatali's Poetry
If you are craving poetry with a bit of exotic flavor, check out Stanley Niamatali's samplying of poetry at ArLiJo.
Engagement
I bring you a papaya; you call me
your sailor. The knife lays bare symmetry
of halves, once one. Succulent sienna flesh,
germinated from a hard seed of this earth,
melts with a delicacy unlike this earth.
Pulpy seeds release savory fire.
The sky is full of birds.
You put your hands over
your eyes. Jude, your hound, howls
at a spiraling leaf. The blue
shell in the fallen nest oozes
liquid time. I reach for your hand.
Copyright © 2011 by Stanley Niamatali.
Stanley Niamatali, born in Guyana, has been published by Oberon, Full Circle and Anthology of Appalachian Writers and The Caribbean Writer.
Visit: ArLiJo
Keep the ArLiJo Poetry Award in mind.
Co-sponsored by the Arlington Arts Center and Gival Press, with a deadline of September 30, 2011. For the details, please click on this link:
ArLiJo Poetry Award guidelines
Engagement
I bring you a papaya; you call me
your sailor. The knife lays bare symmetry
of halves, once one. Succulent sienna flesh,
germinated from a hard seed of this earth,
melts with a delicacy unlike this earth.
Pulpy seeds release savory fire.
The sky is full of birds.
You put your hands over
your eyes. Jude, your hound, howls
at a spiraling leaf. The blue
shell in the fallen nest oozes
liquid time. I reach for your hand.
Copyright © 2011 by Stanley Niamatali.
Stanley Niamatali, born in Guyana, has been published by Oberon, Full Circle and Anthology of Appalachian Writers and The Caribbean Writer.
Visit: ArLiJo
Keep the ArLiJo Poetry Award in mind.
Co-sponsored by the Arlington Arts Center and Gival Press, with a deadline of September 30, 2011. For the details, please click on this link:
ArLiJo Poetry Award guidelines
