"On this land, is what makes life worth living:
the return of April, the smell of bread
at dawn, a woman’s opinions on men, the writings of Aeschylus, love’s
beginning, moss on stone, mothers standing on the string of a flute,
and the invaders’ fear of memories."

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On this Land by Mahmoud Darwish (1976) https://readalittlepoetry.com/2025/10/06/on-this-land-by-mahmoud-darwish/

On this Land by Mahmoud Darwish • Read A Little Poetry

“On this land, is what makes life worth living: / on this land is the lady of the land, the mother / of beginnings and endings. She was named Palestine.” — Mahmoud Darwish

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"Though a tremor of the winter
Did shivering through them run;
Yet they lifted up their foreheads
To greet the vernal sun."

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The Crocuses by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1895) https://poets.org/poem/crocuses

The Crocuses

They heard the South wind sighing

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The memory is everything of angels and tort bearings woven in crystal glass and trash – Richard J Tilley

The cries of bitterns – Richard J Tilley

for the fabric of angel wings – Richard J Tilley

Soul in Orbital Decay – Richard J Tilley

“ther as the nyght” – Richard J Tilley

The cries of bitterns – Richard J Tilley

"& the universe rewards
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from to be by Kaie Kellough from Interposition (2026 McClelland & Stewart) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/781050/interposition-by-kaie-kellough/9780771023729

betrayal and sun-letting – Richard J Tilley