Nazar Boy - Tarik Dobbs

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Résumé :

LIVED HERE
POEM WHERE EVERY BIRD IS A DRONE
DUPLEX: MY BROTHER WAS BORN BOTH ALLY & COMBATANT
THE WIRE
PERSONA POEM AS AMERICA
NAMESAKE WITH NO HISTORY FOUND
THE POET CONSIDERS THEIR ROLE
DRAGPHRASIS: ALEXIS MATEO CALLS HOME THE TROOPS WITH A DEATH DROP
DEAR PRE-QUEER LOVER,
REFLECTION IN STAINLESS STEEL MIRROR DIORAMA WITH ACCORDION FOLD
RONDEAU: IN 1990 ONE SUNSET EQUALIZES THE LIGHT BETWEEN A CHECKPOINT
CONTROL ROOM AND A DARKENED HALL TO REVEAL THE SILHOUETTE OF AN ISRAELI
SOLDIER
HOME ON THE RANGE, GAZA STRIP
DECONSTRUCTING MY BIRTH
WHEN MY MOM RENTED A HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM A DOLLAR GENERAL
X-RAY DIPTYCH IN BEN GURION AIRPORT
SKY BRIDGE RENDERING ABOVE MINNEAPOLIS & THE WEST BANK
SON THROWING STONES IN THE STREET
ANTI-DRONE NIQAB MADE FROM SILVER
MAD HONEY
MY UNCLE WHO DIED OF AIDS PROBABLY
EVERY MORNING I TAKE A BUS THROUGH THE WEST BANK, MINNEAPOLIS
FLY INFESTED HOUSEPLANT
BRACELET OF SILENCE
PERSONA POEM AS IN-HOME DRONE
NUB
A DJINN HUMS IN SAKHNIN
PARADE IN GAZA: THE MODEL IS ABOUT TO BE BURNED
LANDAYS: ON EID AL-ADHA, MEN ON TV TIE A LENGTH OF MANILLA ROPE
EVERYTHING MY FATHER TOUCHES
THE FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD CONSIDERS HIS CLOSET
FINALLY WRITING THE POEM
NUB (ORIGIN STORY)
A SYNDROME RECEIVES HIS LIFETIME SERVICE AWARD
ON IRAQ WAR VETERANS
PORTRAIT WITH UNKNOWN DIMENSIONS
THAT JULY, MY SITO CALLS FROM DAMASCUS AT MIDNIGHT
NOT AN EXIT

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