Let Us (or the Invocation of Smoke) by Shehzar Doja stephen knight the poet presents an examination

the poet presents an examination of losses

“Marked by a distinctive combination of savagery and ennui

as Galleymore has done throughout these poems

Marley challenged us to ‘emancipate yourselves from mental slavery’ and Roy’s poems provide mechanisms aligned with the nerves and blood and brain to achieve just such a freeing up of consciousness

as well as the American Objectivists

Let Us (or the Invocation of Smoke) by Shehzar Doja stephen knight the poet presents an examinationLet us (or the invocation of smoke) by Shehzar Doja is a mysterious and ethereal pamphlet. The words patter inexplicably onto the page like a tiger dreaming of snow. Through these meditative poems Doja shows a deep engagement with craft, realizing in that primordial amniotic we never were when we were. His masterful wordplay curls like smoke rising from an extinguished candle. ABOUT the author: Shehzar Doja is Founder Editor in Chief of The Luxembourg