Hanna Abi Akl
Hanna Abi Akl is a Lebanese-born English writer. Raised in a working family, he started fiddling with language from the moment he was introduced to it and spent most of his time in the company of books. Hanna lived in Beirut before moving to France at the age of 25. He writes contemporary poetry and prose. When asked to define his writing style, he says the main ingredients to his works are "music, paintings and a little bit of literature".
Hanna's writing continues to be heavily featured in literary magazines, poetry journals and anthologies. He published his first novel in 2017 and has since published another and two volumes of poetry.
it’s 5.00 pm
still no luck
out in the cold
the apartment dreary
teenage boys cutting in front of me
to do their laundry
and smoke hash
on the dryer
i have a supermarket list
but no money
my stomach is growling
but i can’t think about food
baby, it’s cold
but i can see a moth
a little orb of yellow light
floating...
