Hello,
My name is Saadia Ali Aschemann. My first collection of poetry, lavish lines/luscious lies, was published in 2007 by FireFly Publishing. My second book, Words Gone Wild, will be released next month. The following poems are unpublished, but I thought they might work for your magazine. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
All Best,
Saadia
Labyrinth
balanced on
the flimsy axis between
mistake and memory,
I think of the word
deliverance
as I stumble toward
back doors
of abandon
tripping, slipping
already and almost
when I tell him
that it's complicated
he wants me to know
that it isn't complicated enough
between us
just yet
Soundtrack
sleep soaked voices
popping toasters
the quick rattle of
a Sunday morning newspaper
plus Meet the Press's
lullaby drone
the word mimosa
and the sound of
smooth skin on
soft fabric
always remind me
of the short hours
the long minutes
that we
gave to
took from
each
other
Krug Observations
through
the drinking glass
tuxedoed men
look like a line
of dominoes
waiting for a push
old ladies
with little girl voices
cookie cutter princesses
well preserved
dressed for battle
armed with artifice
unstable
this boozy, blurry realm
where little
white lies
seem to be
the new black
Ten
I've written ten unrelated words
on a sheet of butcher paper
eaten nine double stuff oreos
done eight one-armed pushups
before I decided to have another cookie
taken seven extra long sips
of a buttery chardonnay
snapped six pictures of my boys
painted five fingernails
a color called 'golddigger'
read four different chapters
in three different books
jumped rope for two solid minutes
and still, my maddening muse,
the one person I need right now
is nowhere to be found. He could
have at least called to tell me that he
was running late
Poolside
ten year olds talk
about hybrid clubs
pimped out playstations:
cash fund vernacular,
sunburned self importance
jaded children
debutante diatribes
vacant eyed trophy wives
all access--wireless
and otherwise
an oasis of
tan line temptation
where time splashes
slippery, elusive
in shallow water
