Tamara Al-Qaisi-Coleman
Go to the grass that sits along the
Edge of Lake Constance
As you sit search your
Insides for the universal fluid that connects your
Carbon being to this body of water
In your blank mind call
For Gassner the Swabian Priest
And ask for his supernatural cures
Then your eyes will adjust to the
Divine sphere which surrounds us
And all objects of the three kingdoms
In this silence meditate on the organ
That holds your celestial body
The spirit knows no time or space
When peace and innocence rule the heart
Only then can you see the whole soul
And whole body contained in your palm
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Tamara Al-Qaisi-Coleman is a bi-racial Muslim writer, historian, poet, and artist. Her first book of poetry The Raven, The Bayou, & The Willow is forthcoming through FlowerSong Press Spring 2022. She is a Brooklyn Poets Fellow, a Rad(ical) Poetry Fellow, and a poet for the Houston Grand Opera & MFAH’s event “The Art of Intimacy.” Her work can be found in (Art) WORDPEACE and Mixed Magazine, (Fiction) Crack the Spine Literary Magazine, (Poetry) Boundless 2021: The Anthology of the Rio Grande River Valley International Poetry Festival, and others.