The Art Divas / Divas of Verse

Blog of Rabih Alameddine

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 ...
Friday, July 24, 2026

Still Life with Rose by Richard Scott

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Still Life with Rose   Like a foreskin being pulled back, the damask   reveals – pelvic bowl of pink-fringed shadow,   dense sweet-meat bloo...
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