Miled Faiza is a Tunisian American poet and translator. He is the author of Remains of a House We Once Entered (2004) and translator of the Booker Prize–shortlisted novel Autumn, by Ali Smith (al-Kharif, 2017). He teaches Arabic at Brown University.
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A Funeral
Wash me with warm water and soap made of fresh olive oil
anoint me with amber and camphor water
with rose geranium and orange blossom water
Swaddle...
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Poetry was created to solve family problems
Let me just say:this is why poetry was createdto solve family problems when neededand sometimes to wash the dishes and polish...
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After work, my friend and I go to the Café de Prague in the heart of the Hamra district. As we sit at a table by the large window, looking out on the lighted street, I think a...