I kiss the Onkar ੴ on his chest, the black ink still resplendent, fresh like an invocation, luminous on the terrain shaved bare, while beads
more loveAuthor: Elizabeth Shanaz
Elizabeth Shanaz is a New York based writer. Her work has appeared in Playboy, Human/Kind, Defunkt, PREE Lit, Zhagaram Literary, BRAWL Literary, Wildscape Literary Journal, Blood + Honey Literary Magazine, Soul Forte, Last Stanza Poetry Journal, The Literary Times, and the Blue Minaret, among other journals and magazines. She was nominated three times for the Best of the Net Anthology in the category of poetry. She studied writing and literature at CUNY City College before earning her law degree from NYU School of Law. She is the proud child of Guyanese immigrants. You can find her on Instagram @lizzieshanaz.