Adli Yacubi

Category: Poetry

  • The Fragrance Lingers: Remembering Hatta and the Cape’s Everyday Saints

    The Fragrance Lingers: Remembering Hatta and the Cape’s Everyday Saints

    A tribute to Cecelia ‘Hatta’ Williams—beloved flower seller of Trafalgar Place. A poetic, visual, and communal reflection on Cape Town’s everyday saints. By Adli Yacubi.

  • Unseen Table

    Unseen Table

    Adli Yacubi’s poem “Unseen Table” serves as a devotional meditation on the Divine, blending rhythmic verses reminiscent of Qur’anic language with Arabic calligraphy. It reflects on the attributes of God, providing a resonant space for spiritual connection amidst the chaos of the world, encouraging readers to embrace a quiet invocation of prayer.

  • A Brother Like No Other

    A Brother Like No Other

    This is not just a farewell. It’s a remembrance of my brother Faried—his strength, his softness, his stubborn love. From bricklaying boots to quiet sacrifice, his legacy lives on in us.

  • Two Rivers

    Two Rivers

    Two rivers descend from their mountain source Over the edge, barefoot towards their destinies

  • That Feeling When You Fly

    That Feeling When You Fly

    The opening and the closing The earth beneath the sky The poetry and the rhyming That feeling when you fly

  • Drawn

    Drawn

    I’m drawn to you Like a salmon Running upstream