Aicha Bassry was born in Ben Ahmad, Morocco in 1969. Her publications include massā’āt (2000; Evenings); araqu al-malā’ikah (2003; Angels’ insomnia); laylah sari`atu al `atab (2007; A fragile night); and khulwatu al tayr (2010; The bird’s seclusion), from which the present extracts are taken. Her poems have also been translated into Spanish, French, Turkish, and Italian.
On the Edges of Autumn
I shall close death’s doors.I am the autumn’s last flower.– Edith Södergran
My body is like algaeExhausted by the night’s diving.Gather me up in…
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