singing lying on the ground
blood trickle
soldiers above ready boots
smash a cctv camera
and then the eye of the man
singing on a river full of bodies & flowers
Songs for Petals
- Poetry and Performative Reading
2020
Ayesha Hameed’s long-form poem about the Citizenship Amendment Act in India evokes the sit-ins that took place in Delhi in 2019, led by a group of Muslim women. The poem is a personal and political cry to the racial and religious oppression multiplying worldwide at the speed of light: ‘a half-life as margin of witness.’
From Nav Haq, Pablo Martínez and Corina Oprea: “Editorial Forward: Austerity and Utopia.”
Commissioned by: L’Internationale Online for the Special Issue ‘Austerity and Utopia’ 2020
Performances
