Poetry
Poems by Christopher Leibow exploring memory, intimacy, dream logic, and the strangeness inside ordinary moments. A mix of lyric, surreal, and narrative work.
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Idir and the Three Dates – a Poem
“Idir and the Three Dates” poem follows a young man singing desert moonlight into the night, carrying stories of dervishes, divine love, and Cairo dreamed across decades.
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Zapatistas Revisited – a poem
The night is hot,and the PRI sweat bulletsof revolution.The birds of the jungleare revolutionaries,while old women hide gunsunder their skirts,and Zapatalooks on from his grave.Subcomandante Marcoson his cot,writing poetry.He writes:“I sold used clothing.In…
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Adam & Eve: a love story
Before the fall, there was the naming of desire. This poem offers a provocative, intimate look at the moment Adam and Eve discover sexuality, language, and sin in the Garden of Eden.
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My Grandmother Told Fortunes – a poem
My grandmother told the fortunesof caged birds, plucked yellowor orange feathers, burned themover coals - reads the grey smoke like prayersor tomorrow’s headlines: “A certain bird in a certain city,in a specific house…
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The Cathedral of the Madeleine – a poem
This poem about doubt and prayer follows a speaker in an empty church, reflecting on a homeless man, a weary Jesus on the crucifix, and the difficult act of praying as an unbeliever.
