Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Tip-of-the-tongue Phenomenon by Ali Znaidi

Tip-of-the-tongue Phenomenon

You think it’s sugar at the tip
of the tongue. I agree.

Sugar sketching cupcakes on the
skyscape.

A mirage yielding real water.

Asphyxiated aspirations
re-animated.

Inside my brain, broken images
spackled.

& dream tastes sweet,
though I’m still under the tip-of-the-tongue
phenomenon.

Written on 28 02 2013

Originally published in The Siren on 05 02 2014



Mother Nature by Ali Znaidi

Mother Nature

From time to time,
try to take off your shoes,
& let the hot sand
caress your bare feet.
Let them feel the touches
of the scorching grains.
Let the grains infiltrate
your veins, while you ponder.
Heal your weary psyche
w/ the sand’s aroma.
&, always remember that
Earth is too great to
let two little feet
tread on its GRANDEUR.

16 10 2013

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Untitled: A Nano Story by Ali Znaidi

Untitled: A Nano Story by Ali Znaidi

They celebrated their first date in a love motel. But they didn’t know their sweat would ooze through the tabloids’ sheets by the sunrise.

26 02 2014


Untitled: A Nano Story by Ali Znaidi

Untitled: A Nano Story by Ali Znaidi

She fixed her glossy lipstick and aimed the beam at him. “He is not an easy prey. I had to try something else,” she said as he didn’t react.

26 02 2014