Poems... published
Smoking Ceremony, Rattle
What an honour to have my villanelle appear at Rattle! Read and listen to it here.
Writing on Mirrors
I scribble
in a frenzy
before I forget
so I can peer through
and see myself
Hemat Malak
Aerodynamic Drag, Rattle
Another honour with this haibun form in Rattle Issue 87. Read and listen to it here.
the poet pauses
watching beneath the lines
as you read her insides
for clues
your face softens
your breath slows
she swoons
and fades
away
Hemat Malak
Mum Feels Displaced Just Sixty Kilometres From Her Old House in Punchbowl, Rochford Street Review
Wonderful to appear in an online issue of this great Australian publication. Read it here.
