Dana Alsamsam : Writing

II. Turkey

II. Turkey

A Poem by Dana Alsamsam


I am writing a series called "World Vision" where I address a poem to each place that I've visited.
I. Wisconsin Dells

I. Wisconsin Dells

A Poem by Dana Alsamsam


I am starting a collection called "World Vision" where I write an address poem to every place that I've traveled. It may be uneventful, but i'm starti..
Undressing Forever

Undressing Forever

A Poem by Dana Alsamsam


we were the couple slow dancing in the parking lot to Frank Sinatra’s “Songs For Swingin’ Lovers." we were the couple that made the ..
Lachrymosa

Lachrymosa

A Poem by Dana Alsamsam


“I look at you and see all the ways a soul can bruise" --Shinji Moon
Foreverness

Foreverness

A Poem by Dana Alsamsam


I left the bookOn the coffee tableSo you could turnThe pages on foreverWith the whisperOf your fingers.At the end of the bookNeither of us can decodeW..
cafuné

cafuné

A Poem by Dana Alsamsam


cafuné (n): the act of tenderly running your fingers through your lover's hair
After watching conspiracy theories about Kurt Cobain's death

After watching conspiracy theories about Kurt Coba..

A Poem by Dana Alsamsam


Oh Courtney Love, loves!So deeply that the only accurate compensation is a gunshot woundIn the head. Four days old.I don’t care if you’re ..
Nothing Meant Everything

Nothing Meant Everything

A Poem by Dana Alsamsam


you want to be broken. you want to be positively messed up. because you have these feelings of sadness, emptiness and you don’t know why they&rs..
The Piano Is Not Firewood (Yet)

The Piano Is Not Firewood (Yet)

A Poem by Dana Alsamsam


I'll probably still think about youOn calm Sunday nightsUntil the piano becomes nothingBut firewood to burn.Even then, the flaming vinylWill pull stri..
Artistic Preservation

Artistic Preservation

A Poem by Dana Alsamsam


My biggest regret (afterNot splatter painting my bedroom walls),Is not finding a wayTo house dance in museums.All I ask is that when deathGrips my bon..