Tahani SwalmhainThe Poetry ClubWhen I Fell In LoveOnce when I fell in love I was silly and stupid. I wrote nauseating things, I turned my back on the world and felt proud like I had won a…Apr 101Apr 101
Tahani SwalmhainScuzzbucketA handful of FlourThe sky will not be incomplete today, it’s a perfect equation; a sky plus another bird. The elder brother puts a big black sack on the…Mar 301Mar 301
Tahani SwalmhaOrdinary WomanI am an ordinary woman, My height is 159 cm. I am a tree and a quilt and a rivulet, and a broken house. I live in a country where love…Mar 29Mar 29
Tahani SwalmhainScuzzbucketNear The WindowNear the window sits the girl who watches the hands of travelers stealthily as she rides the bus. She reads for Daniel Steel about blue…Mar 191Mar 191
Tahani SwalmhaAbout The Old LaughsI want to talk about the eternal night that howls within me. About the painful absence with its anticipated torment. About the children…Mar 14Mar 14
Tahani SwalmhaMy Grandmother and The Oak TreeToday I saw a picture of a strange man standing beside an Oak tree, standing in the village my grandmother used to live in. She immigrated…Mar 51Mar 51