Abdelhalim Hafez's guest appearances

Abdelhalim Hafez

Close Talking: A Poetry Podcast

Emily Dickinson

Tracy K. Smith

Seamus Heaney

Soren Kierkegaard

Toni Morrison

Walt Whitman

Wallace Stevens

Mary Oliver

Tony Kushner

George Herbert

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Fatimah Asghar

Naomi Shihab Nye

Robert Bly

Saeed Jones

OwlTail

Safia Elhillo

Connor and Jack explore the fantastic poem "First Quarantine With Abdelhalim Hafez" by Safia Elhillo. Connor fixates on the tensions between the figurative and literal and Jack goes deep on his and the poem's obsessions, and also pulls off a Werner Herzog impression.Check out the poem below, or at this link: https://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/crossroads/own_words/African_poets_tatu/Read more about Safia Elhillo here: http://safia-mafia.com/bioListen to the full Abdelhalim Hafez song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro_peC026lERead the referenced interview with Elhillo here: http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/unapologetic-black-muslim-sudanese-american-an-interview-with-safia-elhillo/Find us on facebook at: facebook.com/closetalkingFind us on twitter at: twitter.com/closetalkingYou can always send us an e-mail with thoughts on this or any of our previous podcasts, as well as suggestions for future shows, at closetalkingpoetry@gmail.com.First Quarantine With Abdelhalim Hafezby Safia Elhillo&amp; maybe it is too easy to blamemortality on our capacity for lovethe slow death that is puttingyour breath in another's bodytrusting your name in another mouthbut maybe it is smaller              say watersweat yes        tears yes            but alsothe nile as a vein between our two homecountries        washing the red dustfrom my feet   yes      cooling the searof a blood-orange sun     yes     but also killing youthe way only foul water can kill&amp; i do know how it isto be young &amp; alwayssick    at the mercy ofsomething meantto immortalize usthe slow finish is in my heartits syrup trickle&amp; i don't mean lovei mean my wet   crooked  actual heart

Connor and Jack explore the fantastic poem "First Quarantine With Abdelhalim Hafez" by Safia Elhillo. Connor fixates on the tensions between the figurative and literal and Jack goes deep on his and the poem's obsessions, and also pulls off a Werner Herzog impression. Check out the poem below, or at this link: <a href="https://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/crossroads/own_words/African_poets_tatu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/crossroads/own_words/African_poets_tatu/</a> Read more about Safia Elhillo here: <a href="http://safia-mafia.com/bio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://safia-mafia.com/bio</a> Listen to the full Abdelhalim Hafez song here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro_peC026lE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro_peC026lE</a> Read the referenced interview with Elhillo here: <a href="http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/unapologetic-black-muslim-sudanese-american-an-interview-with-safia-elhillo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/unapologetic-black-muslim-sudanese-american-an-interview-with-safia-elhillo/</a> Find us on facebook at: <a href="http://facebook.com/closetalking" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/closetalking</a> Find us on twitter at: <a href="http://twitter.com/closetalking" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/closetalking</a> You can always send us an e-mail with thoughts on this or any of our previous podcasts, as well as suggestions for future shows, at closetalkingpoetry@gmail.com. First Quarantine With Abdelhalim Hafez by Safia Elhillo &amp; maybe it is too easy to blame mortality on our capacity for love the slow death that is putting your breath in another's body trusting your name in another mouth but maybe it is smaller say water sweat yes tears yes but also the nile as a vein between our two home countries washing the red dust from my feet yes cooling the sear of a blood-orange sun yes but also killing you the way only foul water can kill &amp; i do know how it is to be young &amp; always sick at the mercy of something meant to immortalize us the slow finish is in my heart its syrup trickle &amp; i don't mean love i mean my wet crooked actual heart

Episode #033 First Quarantine With Abdelhalim Hafez - Safia Elhillo