Talisman

Would say:
"writing to be used in the body"
like a talisman
"the heart of the one who wears it"
the body already a writing
of arteries and veins
travelling
without end

 

Thuluth

Neja the form
nema the weft

My lines
have turned into
serpents
and living beings
coiling
into each other
their storm

 

 

Kufic Writing

Says:
"In a Kufic inscription the square grid
contains the attributes of god."

The body
twisting

speckled
shadow

a grained
shadowing

Backstitch
on the bias

Neither tone
nor thread
in stead
its sounding.

 

 

 

Linen

Threadiness
of thread

Umbilic
Umbra

The line
is born
from linen

The mother
from the son