Three poems from I don’t know what language I dream in by Taher Adel, published by Burning Eye Books in September 2023 I don’t know what language I dream in My mother speaks to me only in Arabic because you’ll learn English in school. But when did I lose my mother tongue? Was it […]
Taher Adel
I don’t know what language I dream in by Taher Adel
I don’t know what language I dream in is the debut poetry pamphlet by UEA alumnus Taher Adel and is published by Burning Eye Books this week. Taher graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 2019. He was also poet in residence for Wells-next-the-sea in 2019. His previous works include The Names (Translated into […]
3 Poems
Muslim boy Boy waits until the dinner lady puts fresh sponge cakes out for dessert it’s time Boy finds a prayer mat “Where is Mecca?” Exactly where it was yesterday just a few degrees past SE between the window and the radiator Boy has exactly six minutes until he’s caught again. Boy holds his stomach […]
