#khadijah queen

[violettesiren]

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I stood in the earth's skull & swept my fur skirts clean, I grew tall & taller, shed the dust, shed supple hunch, crown of wild dandelion & ate it; humid breath stretched my weedy neck & bent my arms into scythes: blue-tongued & sharp-mouthed, I stood between beasts & thorn trees & waited:

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I heard a howling, but did not run I heard a howling, but did not run I heard a howling, but did not run

Purification: Wolf Moon by Khadijah Queen

[seekingstars]

TOWER - Khadijah Queen

[lunchboxpoems]

KHADIJAH QUEEN

[lifeinpoetry]

& I’m burning

too fast, afraid to combust &

afraid I won’t.

—  Khadijah Queen, from “Double Life,” Anodyne

[bostonpoetryslam]

Hordes of animals without teeth crash the window in a dream & it means you are not hungry enough

Khadijah Queen, “If gold, your figure as mirror on the ground is,” from Anodyne

[smokefalls]

We arrived starlit, not dust-borne, ending in decayed light

Khadijah Queen, “Monologue for personae” from Anodyne

[eesirachs]

I don't see any prophets around / do you? If so, pass out my number / tell him I said what's up / where have you been all my life

Khadijah Queen, “Any Other Name”

[noosphe-re]