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title: "Deep & Fast - Halim Madi"
url: https://www.halimmadi.com/books/deep-fast/
description: A book of found poetry where every poem answers a question scraped from the internet, a field guide for emotional survival.
generated: 2026-09-06
---

# Deep & Fast

Jul '21
San Francisco

- [Kickstarter ↗](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theheeledpoet/deep-and-fast)
- [Amazon ↗](https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Fast-remember-testament-connection-ebook/dp/B09955BL7L/)

![Deep & Fast - cover](https://www.halimmadi.com/Assets/images/books/deep-fast/cover.png)

Deep & Fast is a poetry collection that responds to questions sourced from the internet. Rather than providing conventional answers, the poems transform inquiries - ranging from common career questions to existential queries - into explorations that "unask the question." The approach treats found language not as lesser but as holy, drawing from Glenn Ligon's stencils and Jenny Holzer's aphorisms.

A poetic search engine and a refusal of self-help's forced optimism. Rather than productivity-focused answers to questions like "Where do you see yourself in five years?", the poems pose alternative inquiries about family, self-acceptance, and loneliness.

Pocket-sized and lo-fi, with collage-textured aesthetics - an ode to introspection and a poetic mutiny against clarity. Designed as an intimate companion offering quiet reflection and whispered responses to the reader's unspoken searches.

![Deep & Fast - interior 1](https://www.halimmadi.com/Assets/images/books/deep-fast/interior-1.jpg)

![Deep & Fast - interior 2](https://www.halimmadi.com/Assets/images/books/deep-fast/interior-2.jpg)