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<\/a>Kazim Ali <\/p><\/div>\n
A review in Publishers Weekly stated that \u201cpainterly minimalism, open-field technique and Near Eastern traditions give Ali a neatly varied verbal palette for his smart, quietly attractive poems\u2026his unresting intellect and acoustic talents make him a poet to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ralph, a Kentucky native, has traveled extensively and taught at an eclectic mix of institutions, such as the University of Massachusetts, the Central Institute of Buddhist Studies in the Himalayas of Northern India and Hopkinsville (KY) Community College. His work has appeared in publications such as Conduit, Willow Springs and The American Poetry Review. His poems have been anthologized in \u201cThe McSweeny\u2019s Book of Poets Picking Poets\u201d and \u201cThe Stiffest of the Corpse: Exquisite Corpse Reader.\u201d<\/p>\n
His first book of poetry, \u201cBlack Sabbatical\u201d was published last year by Sarabande Books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Poetry, like music, is meant to be heard. The cadence of the spoken words has the ability to quiet the mind, illuminating a depth of feeling for the attuned listener. At 4:00pm on September 23rd, area residents will get to experience the transcending powers of two of the country\u2019s formidable poets \u2013 Kazim Ali and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[23,262,4489,4484,4483,228,4482,4485,4486,4487,4488],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-Y0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3720"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3722,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3720\/revisions\/3722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Poetry, like music, is meant to be heard. The cadence of the spoken words has the ability to quiet the mind, illuminating a depth of feeling for the attuned listener.<\/p>\n![\"Kazim](\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Kazim-Ali.jpg\" "\\"Kazim")
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