“Bring Now the Angels,” by Dilruba Ahmed (Poetry ’09)

2009 poetry gradudate Dilruba Ahmed recently had a poem featured in the Four Way Review. Read an excerpt of “Bring Now the Angels” below:

Bring Now the Angels

To test your pulse as you sleep.
Bring the healer           the howler                the listening ear— 

Bring                an apothecary            to mix            the tincture— 
             We need the salve
the tablet                        the capsule 
             of the hour—                 Bring sword-eaters
and those         who will swallow fire— 

Read the rest of this poem here: http://fourwayreview.com/bring-now-the-angels-by-dilruba-ahmed/