BEANERY ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE
Guest contributor Rafael Alejandro Jara was born in Santiago de Chile (1986) to Chilean and French-American parents, and is currently in pursuit of a baccalaureate concentrating in poetry composition at the University of Miami. He embraced Islam in 2002. He can be reached at abu.gato at gmail.com and has a website at www.motamid.wordpress.com. He is also a contributor on the collaborative poetry blog, Court of Lions.
MAGIC SHADOW-SHOW
Rafael Alejandro Jara
I walk past an orchid and say,
You are no Eden.
I walk past a breeze and say,
You are no immortal.
To a girl walking in sunfire
I say, You are no fairy.
To a spring green lizard
I say, You are no coconut.
To a girl veiled with rhinestone diamonds
I say, You are no Lucy.
I walk up a stairwell
And say, You are no ladder.
And to the mirror,
You are.
ADDITIONAL READING:
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ALL SUMMER IN A DAY: The Use of Descriptive Language
JANUARY DAYS OF CELEBRATION: Part 1
JANUARY DAYS OF CELEBRATION: Part 2
YE OLD ’ROUND ’TUIT
WHAT? MARRY A PROSTITUTE, HOSEA ASKED GOD
DARE TO BE A CLOWN: Clown Types
