Don’t Hold Back. A Poem
Do stand up, take a risk
no cost to those around,
a hero walks inside,
release is then unbound. …
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Poems and Prose
The Silence behind the Leaf. A Reflection
Consciousness immerses itself into the wild of undulating nature with little to grasp upon in the innocence of the display. Day by day, this formless realm absorbs itself in the depth of your being, watering the roots of the modesty of your existence. …
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IN JERUSALEM. A Poem by Mahmoud Darwish, Palestine’s national poet
In Jerusalem
In Jerusalem, and I mean within the ancient walls,
I walk from one epoch to another without a memory
to guide me. The prophets over there are sharing
the history of the holy … ascending to heaven
and returning less discouraged and melancholy, because love
and peace are holy and are coming to town. …
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TO OUR LAND. A Poem by Mahmoud Darwish, Palestine’s National Poet
Today, 15 May, marks Nakba Day – the Day of Catastrophe. Every year, on May 15, Palestinians remember their 1948 military expulsion from much of their land. This followed the end of the British Mandate over Palestine. In 1988, the Palestinian Parliament-In-Exile accepted the state of Israel. The Israeli government does not accept the state of Palestine. Only a handful of countries in the UN do not recognise the state of Palestine. …
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This is ‘2021.’ Ah, 21 years since the start of the New Millennium. Are we coming of age?
In 1999, the two authors of Prayers for a Thousand Years invited me to contribute a piece to their book. It is now 2021. Plenty of countries say their young people come of age at 21.
Writers worldwide wrote prayers, gave blessings, comments, wrote stories and gave poetic utterances. …
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