Five Experimental Sonnets by Ali Znaidi

Sonnet 1


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Sonnet 2


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Sonnet 3


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Sonnet 4

He escaped the grey town.

The colour grey harmed the eyes.

The eyes wanted to see other colours

diluted w/ desire.

The colour grey—ash in the ashtray,

grey pebbles prisoned in asphalt,

scents of a burnt tyre:

All coerced the poor eyes.

Same colour cuffed the eyes

from eyelash to eyelash.

The eyes wanted to see prairies, so lush.

Even a flash of greenness would suffice.

It would set the eyes aglow,

saving them from a deathblow.

Written 13/04/2012

Sonnet 5

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