Cursive Paradise Which Once Had Been Meadow Wiljan van den Akker (1954)

Wiljan van den Akker (1954) studeerde Nederlands aan de Universiteit Utrecht

whose work stands before us fresh in all senses

to the world’s astonishment

the indoors and the outdoors

a reversal of place emerges where no marker will be left: an example of yellow petals

Cursive Paradise Which Once Had Been Meadow Wiljan van den Akker (1954)Kaur Alia Ahmed Kaur Alia Ahmeds Cursive Paradise asks how a refusal of cogency can lyrically expand perception. They write, To weigh heavily on something is to decide its shape, and throw language into a state of excess. These poems shift and eddy, loop, and undulate, seeking out spaces of desire and onomatopoeic attraction. All the while, Ahmed offers a view of subjectivity and gender made resonant and malleable, insisting on language that is lush