New Poetry by Ali Znaidi

An Hour-glass Sonnet

 

I had the fear that

I wouldn’t be able

to write a sonnet

about the glitzy sand

since I have found

an antiquated hour-

glass in the attic.

        

          ***

These days hour-

glasses are difficult

to find, more difficult

than finding sand grains

—victuals for fiery

furnaces of time:

 

The grate of gravel in a hologram of silence.

- Ali Znaidi 2014

Ali Znaidi (b. 1977) lives in Redeyef, Tunisia, where he teaches English.  He graduated with a BA in Anglo-American Studies in 2002 from the University of Sfax for the South.  He writes poetry and has an interest in literature, languages, and literary translation.  His work has appeared in various magazines and journals worldwide. He authored four poetry chapbooks including Experimental Ruminations (Fowlpox Press, 2012), Moon’s Cloth Embroidered with Poems (Origami Poems Project, 2012), Bye, Donna Summer! (Fowlpox Press, 2014), and Taste of the Edge (Kind of A Hurricane Press, 2014). Links to his published and forthcoming works can be found at 

aliznaidi.blogspot.com