Experimental Ruminations by Ali Znaidi
Fowlpox Press, 2012
Yesterday I received an email from a poet in Tunisia named Ali Znaidi submitting his poetry chapbook Experimental Ruminations to me for a possible review on this site. I hadn’t heard of him before, but I searched for some of his work online and found some real treasures. Here’s the opening of “Talk to Me, Apple,” published in The Missing Slate.
Talk
to me apple
before
a hungry
mouth
devours you.
Talk
to me apple
before
the sun
dries
your skin.
Talk
to me apple
before
a knife
peels
you from
extreme
to extreme.
I’m really looking forward to reading his chapbook Experimental Ruminations. Here’s a link where you can download the chapbook for free.
Znaidi’s poems are raw in the best sense of the word:
they’re strong and undisguised. They are not exquisite artifacts, like fine
china, kept behind glass for some special occasion. His poems resemble the
chipped plates and bent forks we use everyday because, as Znaidi’s poetry often
reminds us, everyday is the true special occasion.
Keep track of Ali’s forthcoming work by visiting his blog.
And here’s his page at UniVerse showcasing some more poems.