A Blue Kiss Sealed With The Keys

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In </span><u style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A Blue Kiss Sealed with the Keys</u><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Brooklyn based poet Abdul Fattah Ismail concentrates his second collection of writings on romantic connections from spark to extinguish. Guided by tactile imagery Abdul's vibrant narratives shift from amourous to indifferent in succinct verses and infatuated impressions. Like Abdul's debut Extended Syllables the author's perspective remains grounded but never fully settled as he journeys through affectionate moments and heartsore junctures. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>From wanting to know </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>the feelings that came from waking up and kissing your cheek</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> to defeatedly conceding </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>it could have been great maybe/we could have been special together</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> A Blue Kiss Sealed with the Keys candidly articulates the elation and adversity of searching for affection. Abdul navigates the optimism and anguish of modern love through an especially timely lens with</span><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(255 0 0 1)> </span><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>pieces like </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Droplets</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Spring is Masked </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>illustrating the bleak isolation of pandemic loneliness. As Abdul's voice evolves in a drastically uncertain world this second work is  both acutely personal and strikingly relatable. </span></p>