• “Sniped Sonnet,” a Poem by Zeina Hashem Beck

    From the Author of “O”

    we will lose
    our minds.
    we will mind
    our losses. we will be
    bitter & drug
    ourselves to sleep.
    we will chant
    in sardonic
    Arabic: شمال يمين
    we will language you into
    oblivion. iykyk.
    & we won’t forgive.
    & we won’t forget

     

     

    & we won’t forget.
    & we won’t forgive
    oblivion. iykyk:
    we will language you into
    Arabic— شمال يمين
    in sardonic
    we will chant
    ourselves to sleep.
    bitter & drug
    our losses. we will be.
    we will mind
    our minds.
    we will lose


    Zeina Hashem Beck
    Zeina Hashem Beck
    Zeina Hashem Beck is a Lebanese poet. Her poetry collection, O (Penguin Books, 2022) won the 2023 George Ellenbogen Poetry Award. She’s also the author of Louder than Hearts (Bauhan Publishing, 2017), To Live in Autumn (The Backwaters Press, 2014) as well as two chapbooks: 3arabi Song (Rattle, 2016) and There Was and How Much There Was (smith|doorstop, 2016). Her work appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Nation, and elsewhere. She recently moved to California with her husband and two daughters.





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