On love (VI)
Which diamonds
mined or manufactured
can be more precious
than the diamonds of sunlight touching water
rays and drops shimmering
Steadily, indefinitely
SALIMAH VALIANI is a poet, activist, and researcher. She has published four collections of poetry: breathing for breadth (TSAR: 2005), Letter Out: Letter In (Inanna: 2009), land of the sky (Inanna: 2016) and Cradles (Daraja: 2017). Her latest publication is the poem-story, Dear South Africa, one of seven pieces in Praxis Magazine’s 2019-2020 Chapbook Series. Her upcoming poetry collection, 29 leads to love will be published by Inanna in 2021. Check out her work online at: https://www.facebook.com/SalimahValianiPoet/