दृष्टि/Drishti* by Salimah Valiani

[tabby title="Poem"] today’s body firesnot jihadis or kamikazes stillthey don’t sway our scramblingstatements/sign ons/sinking symbols don’t make us stop and feel our minuteness the brevitybetween the last flame and limpness — In honour of the acts of an unnamed woman...

to do it differently (iii) by Salimah Valiani

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] i: Genocide is genocideSouth Africa goes to the ICJ on a truth offensive. Truth saves hearts of the living. Yemen targetsthe killer’s throat by blocking the sea. Oman blocks the air to save Yemeni bodies quietly beingbled...

Mushrooms in Mint or, On love (xlv) by Salimah Valiani

            — in celebration of Myesha Jenkins (1948-2020)                  at the occasion of National Women’s Month 2023 two and a half years onyou still bring us togetherTuesday poets Whatsapp groupyou created for Myesha’s Memoirspodcasting our poetry and jazzto celebrate...

Maleeah 2022 by Salimah Valiani

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] just like when you slept at my heartbeatyour elbow nestles a nook of my neckwrist kisses my right templebreath dreamtalk lightdraft to my bare chestreawakening meto eight years back [tabby title="Poet Bio"] Salimah Valiani is the author...

Inclines (ii) by Salimah Valiani

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Inclines (ii) — for Shamim Meer you call it where sky kisses earthI call it land of the skyis it the sky bendingor earth reaching growing up by the RockiesI only learned in Magaliesthe older the mountains...