Kaveh Akbar

Poems that appear in Poetry November 2016

It's common to live properly, to pretend

you don't feel heat or grief


My Kingdom for a Murmur of Fanfare


Kaveh Akbar is the editor of Divedapper. His debut collection, Calling a Wolf a Wolf, will be published by Alice James Books in fall 2017 and a chapbook, Portrait of the Alcoholic, will be out with Sibling Rivalry Press in January 2017.

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