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title: River - pass.exe
url: https://www.halimmadi.com/singulars/pass-exe/river
description: "River: one theme of pass.exe, two poems, one by the poet and one by the machine, unsigned. Read them and vote."
generated: 2026-11-06
---

# River

## river.txt

trained

theme · pass.exe

Training is closed. Vote counts are final.

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## vote.exe

2 poems · 14 votes

One poem is by a human, one is by a machine, and you are not told which. Pick the one you prefer, then submit your vote.

poem a

Not all Arab poems are about war, some are about the cyclamens the spring river grew north of Beirut my grandfathers’ wrinkled hands tapping their bent heads on my open palm, their pollen’s yellow craters demonstrating release, my gaped teeth making room for wonder and the anatomy of softer impacts.

poem b

the g train stalls under the east river
and the driver says nothing
for nine minutes
my phone
dies at 4 percent holding a photo
half of a chicken cutlet
going cold on the counter
above me barges and a body
of water older than brooklyn
and a man across the aisle
asks if I want gum

Vote on [the theme's page](https://www.halimmadi.com/singulars/pass-exe/river).