Palestinian Poetry - Tumblr Posts
"My life is tears
and a fond heart،
longing, a book of poetry and a lute."
_A Life by Fudwa Tuqan_
"حياتي دموع
وقلب ولوع،
وشوق ، وديوان شعر ، وعود."
_حياة لفدوى الطوقان_
(Artwork Night Fall by Quang Ho.)
I When you open my ear, touch it gently. My mother’s voice lingers somewhere inside. Her voice is the echo that helps recover my equilibrium when I feel dizzy during my attentiveness. You may encounter songs in Arabic, poems in English I recite to myself, or a song I chant to the chirping birds in our backyard. When you stitch the cut, don’t forget to put all these back in my ear. Put them back in order as you would do with books on your shelf. II The drone’s buzzing sound, the roar of an F-16, the screams of bombs falling on houses, on fields, and on bodies, of rockets flying away— rid my small ear canal of them all. Spray the perfume of your smiles on the incision. Inject the song of life into my veins to wake me up. Gently beat the drum so my mind may dance with yours, my doctor, day and night.
- Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear
