Tablets: secrets of the clay by Dunya Mikhail 2016 and is being published here

and is being published here in by Bloodaxe in the spring

and when the poet asks “What does a head replay at the moment/ of falling headlong off a staircase/ as long as a bridal veil

Some appear to be written to a young man

Published January 2024

Tablets: secrets of the clay by Dunya Mikhail 2016 and is being published hereTablets: Secrets of the Clay transforms the worlds first letter symbols, cut onto clay tablets, into matters of our modern everyday life. The poems are accompanied by drawings inspired by the ancient Sumerian images. These short poems, which can be read as Iraqi haiku, invoke an urgent wisdom beyond their original borders. In her authors note, Dunya Mikhail writes: At this moment, I am writing to you using tablets such as the computer or iPad or