CONTENTS

1. Cover Page
2. Title Page
3. Copyright Page
4. Dedication
5. Contents
6. Series Editors’ Preface
7. I.
   1. (Sister) (Sister)
   2. Inheritance
   3. Station
   4. Slowly Taking Deep Breaths
   5. The Short Way & The Long Way
   6. The Phillips Collection
   7. Pianissimo
   8. Gazing at the Unforgettable: Baba’s Fragments
   9. It Is
   10. Elegy for the Eldest Daughter
   11. 2.14.12
   12. Slowly Counting Down from Ten
   13. Mama’s Waltz
   14. An Entire Universe
   15. Station
   16. Permanently
   17. Mother Once Told
   18. Ode to Onion
   19. Father
   20. Sister
   21. How to Read to Your Father in His Hospital Bed during a Global Pandemic
   22. Slowly Counting Down from Ten While Taking Deep Breaths
8. II.
   1. Child of the Universe
   2. Fire
   3. Lunacy
   4. America
   5. Self-Portrait as Pandemic
   6. Station
   7. Ode to Honey
   8. The Calypso Deep
   9. On Passing
   10. This Is Why I Can’t Be Your Lover
   11. Embodiment
   12. Origins
   13. Molten
   14. I Was Told to Break the Cycle
   15. Ghazal for Lost Women
9. III.
   1. Arabic
   2. Happiness Often Lasts When My Love Is Yours
   3. Water
   4. Station
   5. The Thick Bark of Someone Who Is Hollowed
   6. Arboreal
   7. The Garden of My Agony
   8. Tributary
   9. Some Days Honey, Some Days Onion
   10. Yeheya’s Portrait of a Poet
   11. This Is Just to Say
   12. A Candle from Rome, Italy (2003)
   13. Love Poem Love Poem
10. Notes
11. Acknowledgments

Series Editors’ Preface

I.

(Sister) (Sister)

Inheritance

Station

Slowly Taking Deep Breaths

The Short Way & The Long Way

The Phillips Collection

Pianissimo

Gazing at the Unforgettable: Baba’s Fragments

It Is

Elegy for the Eldest Daughter

2.14.12

Slowly Counting Down from Ten

Mama’s Waltz

An Entire Universe

Station

Permanently

Mother Once Told

Ode to Onion

Father

Sister

How to Read to Your Father in His Hospital Bed during a Global Pandemic

Slowly Counting Down from Ten While Taking Deep Breaths

II.

Child of the Universe

Fire

Lunacy

America

Self-Portrait as Pandemic

Station

Ode to Honey

The Calypso Deep

On Passing

This Is Why I Can’t Be Your Lover

Embodiment

Origins

Molten

I Was Told to Break the Cycle

Ghazal for Lost Women

III.

Arabic

Happiness Often Lasts When My Love Is Yours

Water

Station

The Thick Bark of Someone Who Is Hollowed

Arboreal

The Garden of My Agony

Tributary

Some Days Honey, Some Days Onion

Yeheya’s Portrait of a Poet

This Is Just to Say

A Candle from Rome, Italy (2003)

Love Poem Love Poem

Notes

Acknowledgments

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1. Cover Page
2. Begin Reading
3. Copyright Page
4. Dedication
5. Contents
6. Series Editors’ Preface
7. Notes
8. Acknowledgments