Ebook: Ashes in the Air

Alizadeh finds grace, wit and fire in this latest volume of poetry.

if we can see

death looming, like a dark island
on the navigator’s horizon

then we won’t be shocked when
time’s run out. This means

a life without our primal fear. That’s why
we travel.

In the spaces between evanescence and memory, Alizadeh finds grace, wit and fire. From the opening poem’s hymn to mobility and renewal to the elegiac ending, from Tehran to the Gold Coast, Ashes in the Air sparks with wisdom and energy.