Yusuf Misdaq

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Poetry

Dust of Time
Dust of Time
Frozen Fountain

A collaborative photo/poetry art book, with polaroids from German photographer Harry Nizard & accompanying poetry from Yusuf

Frozen Fountain
Lefke Automatic / Destiny of Love

6th volume in poetry series; part Mediterranean travelogue, part love story, part spirituality & its place in the modern city.

Lefke Automatic / Destiny of Love
The Beautiful / Palace Prayers

5th volume in the poetry series, also contains songs & short stories. The second half of this book is based upon the ‘Palace Prayers’ blog that Yusuf wrote anonymously (also featured on NPR in 2009)

The Beautiful / Palace Prayers
Spilling Kingdoms

4th volume of the poetry series; written after coming to the USA, exploring first impressions of life in America for an Englishman, as well as notions of place, spirituality, home, success, working life & the election of Barack Hussein Obama

Spilling Kingdoms
The Butterfly Gate

Third volume of poetry features ecstatic, euphoric, wild poems attempting to hack/tear away from the quotidian & enter into something profound.

The Butterfly Gate
Into Solidity

2nd poetry book; details an intricate and intimate journey from feelings of detachment, depression & formlessness in the modern world, towards the possibility of a new, real road towards physical & emotional solidity

Into Solidity
Brighton Streets

Poetry book set in Brighton, England circa Spring 2007. Explores & makes bold statements on topics like gentrification, modernisation, city-planning, fashion; the affection we hold for the places of our childhoods.

Brighton Streets