The Fortieth Day
By Kazim Ali
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Kazim Ali
Born in the UK and raised in Canada, Kazim Ali is a Queer, Muslim writer who is currently professor and chair of the Department of Literature at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of 25 books of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and translations, as well as the editor of five collected volumes. In 2004, he co-founded the small press Nightboat Books and served as its first publisher, and he continues to edit books with the press. Ali is also a certified yoga instructor, teaching yoga and training yoga teachers in Ramallah, Palestine for many years.
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The Fortieth Day - Kazim Ali
THE FORTIETH DAY
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ali, Kazim, 1971–
The fortieth day: poems / by Kazim Ali. — 1st ed.
p. cm. — (American poets contiuum series; no. 110)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-934414-04-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)
I. Title. II. Title: 40th day.
PS3601.L375F67 2007
811'.6—dc22
2007038074
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
1
Lostness
Morning Prayer
Dear Father, Dear Sound
Dear Sunset, Dear Avalanche
Mouth
The Art of Breathing
The Far Mosque
Rope
Cave
Chasm