Armin Hamrah '23, photo from Unsplash.com
A king elegy from our favorite chess poet!
The last safe piece
Rests at the board’s origin
Asking for the opponent’s zugzwang
Armin Hamrah '23, recycling William Carlos Williams. Image from Unsplash.com
I have forked
the rooks
that were on
the back rank
and which
you were probably
using to bui...
Armin Hamrah '23
Photo from Unsplash.com
Residing on the second rank,
You patiently wait...
Wait to be pushed forward
Only to be left undefended
By my unappreciative e...
Armin Hamrah '23
In the flat world’s corner, there was a knight
Brave, pugnacious, ready for a fight
Jumping to an outpost
Where it can be used most
Forking pieces