Poetry Archives — Page 6 of 52 — Tiffany Vakilian's Speak Fire Publishing

Black Poetry Day

by Tiffany Vakilian | Oct 17, 2020 | Poetry

On both my little bro’s birthday AND Black Poetry Day! Wholly I pray you whole I wish you happy I hope in your completeness Chew on the fatness of your own Because you own All that can not be taken from you A million miles A million thoughts A moment...

Oranges

by Tiffany Vakilian | Oct 10, 2020 | Poetry

There are no oranges right now. I lied. They’re there. The lemons too. And even the cactus fruit. The persimmons are trying. The grapefruit is not. I smelled the guava, and that was enough. I have a secret pomegranate tree. Didn’t wanna be a secret...

Theme and Variations on Arna

by Tiffany Vakilian | Oct 3, 2020 | Poetry

As a sister, as a twin, as someone seeking individuality I love the relationship I am in But my thoughts wander sometimes to power to freedom to a separateness I can’t conceive My skin, my powers, my magical abilities I love the way I sing But I feel a...

Nine Months Of

by Tiffany Vakilian | Sep 19, 2020 | Poetry

2020 started with rain nonstop The two-year-old driveway bottomed out Arguing with the previous contractor feels like complaining Pregnancy reigned from my bed I avoided all things red Makena shots til little man’s birth feels like complaining Coronavirus spread...

America on Fire

by Tiffany Vakilian | Sep 12, 2020 | Poetry

America’s on fire on fire and on fire America’s on fire How do we get safe? There’s debris and smoke Brotherhood feels like a joke whether sleep or woke How do we breathe? America’s on fire on fire and on fire America’s on fire How do we...

9.6.20

by Tiffany Vakilian | Sep 5, 2020 | Poetry

It is uncanny and I wish it were just a dream This world we live in feels like the set up to a joke The Earth getting hazed or something Are we not at war? What kind of bomb shelter is yours? And yet there is soo much too much beautiful madness to ignore taken for...