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When I try to envision

Aria Pahari

A visual poem; the lines run both horizontally and vertically, arranged like a crossword puzzle with shared letters at the intersections. The lines of the poem read: When I try to envision. our atmospheres merging. my planetary body. summons only exosphere. scorn-shaped mouth where a river once ran bares teeth at the absence of rainfall.

about the author

Aria Pahari

Aria Pahari is a poet from Virginia currently pursuing an MFA at the University of Arizona. Her work can be found in Kajal Magazine, AZE Journal, Homology Lit, and POST Journal. She adores novels and birds.

Other works by Aria Pahari

I touch you
to theorize the envelope of limbs