Apparitions Nines - Nat Raha

Injecting The Disruptive Potential Of Collective Action Into The Body Of The Poem, Nat Raha's Invigorating Experiment Resuscitates Anglophone Poetry.amidst The Violence Of Capitalism And State And Imperial Power, There Is Nat Rahas Apparitions (nines) In Its Charred Golden Minidress, Ushering Us Into A Space Of Grief And Resistance, The Embodiment And Intimacy Of Queer, Trans, And Diasporic Black And Brown People. Written As A Series Of Niners, A Poetic Form Consisting Of Nine Nine-syllable Lines, Apparitions (nines) Is At Once A Brash And Subversive Rejoinder To The Anglophone Sonnet, As Well As An Ode To Beauty, Collectivity, And Tenderness Which Emerges From-and Far Surpassesconstraint.