Salman Masalha
W. H. Auden ||
Refugee Blues
Say this city has ten million souls,Some are living in mansions,
some are living in holes:Yet there's no place for us, my dear, yet there's
no place for us.Once we had a country and we thought it fair,Look
in the atlas and you'll find it there:We cannot go there now, my dear, we
cannot go there now.In the village churchyard...
Fady Joudah || Two Poems
Fady Joudah ||
Two Poems
Sleeping Trees Between what should and what should not beEverything
is liable to explode. Many timesI was told
who has no land has no sea. My fatherLearned to fly in a dream.
This is the storyOf a sycamore tree he used to climbWhen he was
young to watch the rain. Sometimes it rained so hard it hurt.
...
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