Midnight Hour Poetry

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365 days of poetry recorded around midnight EST, focusing on poetry written by Not Dead White Guys.

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Over My Head Only (Layla Al-Sayed)

The land is theirs
Where my sky ascends
And descends
Over the size of my head only
Images retreat
Behind my sky
The blood is leeched from them
And leaves me
Like night lilies
Mined
The smell of their soil
Leaves me
And my sky is over my head only

(Source: alrawya.com)

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