Bio
Ali Znaidi (b.1977) is a Tunisian poet, writer, and translator living in Redeyef, a mining town in southwest Tunisia. Follow him on Twitter @AliZnaidi.
Ali Znaidi
Obsidian Charm
after Paul Fisher's poem "Geode"
Inside the night,
a beautiful moon.
Inside the beautiful moon,
an inkwell.
Inside the inkwell,
the beauty of velvet black.
Inside the velvet black,
her obsidian hair
black enough
to shimmer, then shimmer.