Vaheed Ramazani

Vaheed Ramazani is Professor Emeritus of French Literature at Tulane University, where he held the Kathryn B. Gore Chair in French Studies. He is the author of three books, most recently Rhetoric, Fantasy, and the War on Terror (Routledge, 2021). He has published six poems in DAWN, like a field, and Hidden Cities.

“The Pianist,” “(My) Pain,” and “From Tehran to New York”

She never forgets to water the piano
So that under her fingers white rivulets
Punctuated by black peninsulas
Maintain the tonal integrity
Of each percussive encounter.