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tonight al qamar writes a sonnet
by Zein Sa’dedin


​wa the rivers in my house burn
 alive      they wave their  hands  salam
then goodbye    barra al beit  al bahr   is
dead again wa  hungry                        
tonight it is earth’s turn
to wrap around itself    sweetwater
 ebbs   wa does   little to nothing    else 
tonight the tide is infinitely                 
 aware of me too
only   i  can tell the water  when it’s time
to go home   tonight  i  become mother-like
 wa  warm                           habeebati
tell me   have you ever had anything
as delicious      as sleep

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Zein Sa’dedin is a Jordanian poet currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Her poems have appeared in or are forthcoming from Winter Tangerine, Sukoon Magazine, Breakwater Review, and others.
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Winter 2019
ISSN 2157-8079
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