The Art Divas / Divas of Verse

Blog of Rabih Alameddine

Saturday, April 4, 2026

Tender Bitter by Sharon Olds

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Tender Bitter   When I started having tender thoughts about myself as a child—that long, pointed chin, those tiny eyes—I started having tend...
Friday, April 3, 2026

Bruise by Cynthia Zarin

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Bruise             Black bruise an inch below my knee; white bone, my      kneecap wrenched askew;             knee a blind eye, bruise a sh...
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Dear America by Rachel Eliza Griffiths

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Dear America   I pick you up & you are a child made of longing clasped to my neck. Iridescent, lovely, your inestimable tantrums, I carr...
Sunday, March 22, 2026

The Road by Muriel Rukeyser

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The Road   These are roads to take when you think of your country and interested bring down the maps again, phoning the statistician, asking...
Sunday, February 22, 2026

White Dog by Carl Phillips

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White Dog   First snow—I release her into it— I know, released, she won't come back. This is different from letting what,   already, we ...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

Under Limestone by Richie Hofmann

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Under Limestone   It rained in fluted torrents, the earth smelled of manure. It was like desire entering and possessing you quietly. We undr...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

The Kurdish Musician by Mimi Khalvati

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The Kurdish Musician   She is swaddled in pink, sky-blue and veiled in a gold hejab that with every chime of her santoor dangles its fringe ...
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