“In order for me to write poetry that isn’t political, I must listen to the birds, and in order to hear the birds, the war planes must be silent.” —#Marwan #Makhoul
Mahmoud Darwish
The war will end
The leaders will shake hands
The old woman will keep waiting for her martyred son
That girl will wait for her beloved husband
And those children will wait for their heroic father
I don’t know who sold our homeland
But I saw who paid the price.
The War Will End
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#indigenouspoetry #freepalestine
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The “Red Indian’s” Penultimate Speech to the White Man
https://www.sustainlv.org/focus-on/the-red-indians-penultimate-speech-to-the-white-man/
Masar - The Path
Le Trio Joubran
Haunting music.
At the end it's Mahmoud Darwish (who often worked with the Trio Joubran when he was still alive) reciting the end of his poem "The Dice Player":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbU8cgW5Y_Q
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#MahmoudDarwish
"If the olive trees knew
The hands that planted them,'
their oil would become tears."
Mahmoud Darwish
"Freedom of Speech (what the head-of-school told me) by Naomi Shihab Nye
We would appreciate if you would not
(you know in this strange climate taking into account problems we have had misunderstandings angry parents insults Facebook postings teachers being fired demonstrations floods)
mention the president"
— Naomi Shihab Nye: Tiny Journalist, p. 86
"Moon Over Gaza by Naomi Shihab Nye
I am lonely for my friends. They liked me, trusted my coming. I think they looked up at me more than other people do.
I who have been staring down so long see no reason for the sorrows humans make. I dislike the scuffle of bombs blasting very much. It blocks my view.
A landscape of grieving feels different afterwards. Different sheen from a simple desert, rubble of walls, silent children who once said my name like a prayer.
Sometimes I am bigger than a golden plate, a giant coin, and everyone gasps.
Maybe it is wrong that I am so calm."
— Naomi Shihab Nye: Tiny Journalist, p. 19
earthling
Tim Moore
Josh Simmons