Blackbird an online journal of literature and the arts Fall 2007  Vol. 6 No. 2

POETRY

Chris Abani
Victoria Chang
Michael Chitwood
Keith Ekiss
Gibson Fay-LeBlanc
Beth Ann Fennelly
Raza Ali Hasan
James Hoch
Cyan James
Julia Johnson
Larry Levis
Khaled Mattawa
Timothy O’Keefe
Catherine Pierce
Jon Pineda
John Poch
Austin Segrest
Louie Skipper
Ron Smith
Robert Thomas
Joshua Weiner
Lesley Wheeler
Charles Wright


RAZA ALI HASAN

29

The ring-doves flew away from the cypress branches;
the petals unhinged like droplets from a spinning umbrella.

The leaves, too, fell, leaving the branches bare.
Below Desolation chalked its path on the ancient garden

pouring concrete over concrete—my lone lament
went unheard in the hardening cement.
  

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