Why would someone burn a field because wheat prolongs life? Why kill rabbits because they are eager? These disturbing contradictions form the opening of The Field and the Rabbits, a surrealist poem by Jordanian poet Ali Taha Alnobani.
Can sadness have a color? Can loneliness become a landscape, and can tears give birth to something beautiful? These questions resonate throughout The Tale of the Sorrowful Blue, a lyrical and surrealist poem by Jordanian poet Ali Taha Alnobani.
What happens when the ordinary world begins to lose its familiar meanings? A monkey licks tar beneath a red traffic light. An ancient king buys French fries. The goddess of love counts money, while the wind rises against a world struggling to recognize its own voice.
