Erasure poem #123, watercolour & various pens on paper, Sketchbooks 2023, © N Nazir
how beautiful it is,
the modest seemliness
of shoulders
*originally shared on Insta for Escapril poem-a-day challenge, prompt 11: posture, and also for NaPoWriMo Prompt 11: to create a monostich poem / one-liner poem.
*Text source: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle, p.150.
Erasure Poem Painting #107, Biro, gel pen & watercolour on paper (Text Source: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid, p.129).
Ours is
an imaginary mortality.
Echoes of nostalgia,
love,
our potent religion.
© N Nazir 2024
*My greatest thanks to Unlost Journal for publishing two of my erasure poem paintings in their latest issue #32: The World Mostly Gone 🌏
As well as Figure of Eight above, they have published another piece of mine, Alchemy Soup. You can check out the whole amazing issue here. It’s got some beautiful experimental work in it and is totally free to read. Enjoy 🌸
Shared for dVerse Open Link Night.
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