Ali Znaidi- A Poem

A New Summer

 

this is the beginning:

the day starts to extend

his hands

 

the day stretches like rubber

 

an ongoing headache

 

the incandescent sunlight

thunderstrikes my eyes

 

a new summer, sirocco,

mirage, illusion

 

what you can’t h/ear

ants shaking the ground

 

 

 

Ali Znaidi lives in Redeyef, Tunisia. He graduated with a BA in Anglo-American Studies in 2002. He teaches English at Tunisian public secondary schools. He writes poetry and has an interest in literature, languages, and literary translations. His work has appeared in The Bamboo Forest, The Camel Saloon, phantom kangaroo, BoySlut, fortunates.org, Otoliths, Dead Snakes, Speech Therapy Poetry Zine, streetcake magazine, The Rusty Nail, Yes,Poetry, The South Townsville micro poetry journal, Shot Glass Journal, the fib review, Ink Sweat and Tears, and Mad Swirl, and is upcoming in other ezines. He also writes flash fiction for the Six Sentence Social Network—http://sixsentences.ning.com/profile/AliZnaidi.