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A more visual poetry
A more visual poetry
An attempt at explaining order through painting and collage. The paint blurbs echo the text and vice versa. The conversation between the…
Halim Madi
Dec 2, 2020
In the name of scandal | Update #2 | The content is nearly there! + “The germaphobe’s fantasy”
In the name of scandal | Update #2 | The content is nearly there! +...
These are part of the updates I sent supporters in 2020 as part of my kickstarter project, “In the name of scandal”. A collection of poems.
Halim Madi
Feb 1, 2020
In the name of scandal Update #1 | Thank you!! + “Really what the poet is”
In the name of scandal Update #1 | Thank you!! + “Really what the p...
These are part of the updates I sent supporters in 2020 as part of my kickstarter project, “In the name of scandal”. A collection of poems.
Halim Madi
Feb 1, 2020
Flight of the Jaguar | Update #2 | The book is shipping
Flight of the Jaguar | Update #2 | The book is shipping
These are part of the updates I sent supporters in 2019 as part of my kickstarter project, “Flight of the jaguar”. A collection of poems.
Halim Madi
Feb 1, 2020
Flight of the Jaguar | Update #1 | The manuscript is ready
Flight of the Jaguar | Update #1 | The manuscript is ready
These are part of the updates I sent supporters in 2019 as part of my kickstarter project, “Flight of the jaguar”. A collection of poems.
Halim Madi
Feb 1, 2020
They will call us mad
They will call us mad
When they know about us
Halim Madi
Aug 19, 2018
What is the mother of all stories?
What is the mother of all stories?
Today is chest day for Dwayne Becky and he is killing it. This is the power lift. The perfect lift, the olympic lift, the master lift, the…
Halim Madi
Nov 26, 2017
Habibi, you should stretch
Habibi, you should stretch
There’s really only one thing life teaches you And that is: The importance of stretching. Stretching is the most valuable skill you can…
Halim Madi
Nov 11, 2017
Men kiss men on the cheeks
Men kiss men on the cheeks
At the gym where I go in the Castro Men kiss men on the cheeks And sometimes on the lips
Halim Madi
Nov 8, 2017
Garota, dance in these Nike bras
Garota, dance in these Nike bras
.. Half of this was written in 2015, while swiping for casual love in Sao Paulo. The other half was written in 2016 while fulfilling…
Halim Madi
Oct 1, 2017
How David and Nathaly met
How David and Nathaly met
Most of you don’t know how David and Nathaly met. They say their story is boring so I thought that tonight Miho and my gift to them would…
Halim Madi
Aug 31, 2017
How am I not you?
How am I not you?
We are the web The living matrix of connections that exist by and through Each other
Halim Madi
Aug 5, 2017
Call the best
Call the best
When you both meet on the hill under the tree with a thousand leaves Let him touch your thighs and kiss your belly Have him enter your soul…
Halim Madi
Jul 8, 2017
To the extent that I’ve been indulging in self-hatred
To the extent that I’ve been indulging in self-hatred
Angelo is driving us through the streets of Dubai where things move at twice the speed of their equivalent in the rest of the world. I pull…
Halim Madi
Dec 9, 2016
We should cry more, mom
We should cry more, mom
Like every righteous, virtuous, well-schooled schoolboy I said no to my first cigarette No Unlike the picture perfect schoolboy however It…
Halim Madi
Nov 20, 2016
What the sufi master taught me
What the sufi master taught me
The sufi master sits cross-legged. A spider walks around the tent outside. The master speaks a dialect that hasn’t been spoken for the last…
Halim Madi
Nov 18, 2016
Let go of the Dragon’s hand please
Let go of the Dragon’s hand please
Close your eyes.
Halim Madi
Nov 11, 2016
Pluto, Miley, Napoleon & Steve the insect
Pluto, Miley, Napoleon & Steve the insect
On the discovery channel, scientists found an insect that only lives for 5 minutes. I’ll call it Steve. Steve is the age of this poem, 5…
Halim Madi
Oct 1, 2016
To the gravitationally impaired
To the gravitationally impaired
If you hold your hand up long enough, your blood will just give up. If you wait too long for the words to come, your brain will just give…
Halim Madi
Sep 8, 2016
Zdenko, My Christ
Zdenko, My Christ
“The truth lies inside you, it is you, you are it, the atoms that make your skin are the ones you breathe and the explosion that started it…
Halim Madi
Aug 19, 2016
His decisions have colours
His decisions have colours
A red decision is one that makes him bite his lips out of anxiety
Halim Madi
Jul 31, 2016
Rambo
Rambo
in the jungle of emotional bonds!
Halim Madi
Apr 20, 2016
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