“Then, when the black nightingale returns to the forest,
when the audacious sun is high,
I wonder, beneath the waves,
where a few more wing beats would have taken me”
Enjoy these audio recordings of “August” and “Aubade” by Shaheen Dil from Vol. 33:3 of CALYX Journal! Buy your copy here!
Shaheen Dil’s poems have been published or are forthcoming in numerous journals, including The Critical Quarterly, The Journal of South Asian Literature, and Gyroscope Review. Her poem, “River at Night,” won Honorable Mention in the Passager 2021 poetry contest. Her first book of Poetry, Acts of Deference, was published in 2016. She lives in Pittsburgh, PA.