The Art Divas / Divas of Verse
Blog of Rabih Alameddine
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Autobiography by Nazim Hikmet
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Autobiography I was born in 1902 I never once went back to my birthplace I don't like to turn back at three I served as a pasha's gr...
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Love Poem with Tumor and Petrified Dog by Kaveh Akbar
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Love Poem with Tumor and Petrified Dog There is a tumor in my sacroiliac joint and snowflakes in my coffee. I’m in Iowa with the cats and ...
Saturday, August 29, 2026
The Dictator in Prison by Adèlia Prado
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The Dictator in Prison The dictator is writing poetry, poor fellow, poor us for saying poor fellow, since he, too, has a memory to conjure...
Hidden Things by Constantine P. Cavafy (Two Translations)
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Hidden Things From all I did and from all I said they shouldn’t try to find out who I was. An obstacle was there and it distorted my actio...
Friday, August 28, 2026
The Gods Abandon Antony by Constantine P. Cavafy (Two Translations)
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The Gods Abandon Antony When suddenly, at midnight, there comes the sound of an invisible procession passing by with exquisite music playing...
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Weather Forecast by Adélia Prado
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Weather Forecast The spirit of rebellion also called hopelessness has begun ...
Saturday, July 25, 2026
Cul-De-Sac by Andrea Cohen
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Cul-De-Sac Like all tyrants, my mother made decrees. The last straw was the law that said: no frogs inside the house. The lousy universe! I ...
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