It is ironic how utterly beautiful this poem is, and how it speaks of the ugliest things that happen to homes and the people who used to live in them. Thank you for finding careful and bountiful words to remind me of all of this.
I stuggle to put into words the vivid journey that poem too me on. It is intense and fitting and deeply honest. Thank you. I am so sorry the world has failed you. That we have failed you. That I have failed you. Its the deepest wound on our collective body.
Your exquisite writing on Gaza always brings me to tears, Mohammed, but this gorgeous, cruel, honest, searing poem just had me sobbing all the way through - the first, second and third times. You are without doubt one of the most original and courageous writers on Palestine anywhere, ever. I am so proud and blessed to know you and to read your work. And like your other readers devastated at how totally we have all failed Gaza. But I still believe Gaza lives, through voices like yours. Your loving friend, Ros
What a poem, what deep upwelling of love of land, people, and the sadness that should have never been part of the DNA of Palestine. Thanks,
April is National Poetry Month. I might read this on my radio show or better yet, can you get on a phone call and I can interview you and discuss your work, your heart and the struggle for Being Free from the River to the Sea?
It is ironic how utterly beautiful this poem is, and how it speaks of the ugliest things that happen to homes and the people who used to live in them. Thank you for finding careful and bountiful words to remind me of all of this.
Thank you too for your time to read!
I stuggle to put into words the vivid journey that poem too me on. It is intense and fitting and deeply honest. Thank you. I am so sorry the world has failed you. That we have failed you. That I have failed you. Its the deepest wound on our collective body.
I had to read it several times. The first time I couldn't stop crying. I'm still overwhelmed by this.
Devastating.
This is incredible; I am heartbroken and in awe
Your exquisite writing on Gaza always brings me to tears, Mohammed, but this gorgeous, cruel, honest, searing poem just had me sobbing all the way through - the first, second and third times. You are without doubt one of the most original and courageous writers on Palestine anywhere, ever. I am so proud and blessed to know you and to read your work. And like your other readers devastated at how totally we have all failed Gaza. But I still believe Gaza lives, through voices like yours. Your loving friend, Ros
What a poem, what deep upwelling of love of land, people, and the sadness that should have never been part of the DNA of Palestine. Thanks,
April is National Poetry Month. I might read this on my radio show or better yet, can you get on a phone call and I can interview you and discuss your work, your heart and the struggle for Being Free from the River to the Sea?
haederpaul@gmail
I also have that substack under Paulokirk:
https://paulokirk.substack.com/p/super-market-arms-sweep-for-war-mongers
“Every time we lifted a stone, we increased our sense that we might succeed in saving a life, or that we might find someone who could not be saved.”
The wars are always wars against children and the unborn. Bankers' wars? Hmm, it is worse.
So beautiful and poignant writing as always. Words cut like a knife. Gaza is still bleeding.