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Amy Lowell, from A dome of many-coloured glass; “Before the Altar”

[Text ID: “Upon the wings / Of shimmering moonbeams / I pack my poet’s dreams / For you.”]

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Four Friends Catch Up Over Pasta - Amy Kay

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Dear Emily,

Your poems make me smile.

Thank you for writing a soft sea washed around the house.                      Love,                      Aro   CT    age: 7

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Mahmoud Darwish, from Journal of an Ordinary Grief (tr. from the Arabic by Ibrahim Muhawi)

[Text ID: A place is not only a geographical area; it's also a state of mind. And trees are not just trees; they are the ribs of childhood.]

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Margaret Atwood, from The Door: Poems; “Europe on 5$ a day”

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Jeanette Winterson, from Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

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– Audrey Hepburn

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A Rose Shoulders Up by Mosab Abu Toha

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Omar Ziyadeh, “Nobody Can Identify Their Own Remains, and I Am Unable to Identify My Own” (tr. from Arabic by Alice S. Yousef) [ID’d]

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This poem can be read in its entirety on Words Without Borders.

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Mouth Still Open, Mosab Abu Toha

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Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish

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Think of Others - Mahmoud Darwish

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Naomi Shihab Nye, excerpt from “‘Just Call Me Aziz,’ 11 Poems—Titles by Aziz Shihab—From His Notebooks” in Transfer

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― Albert Camus, Notebooks: 1935-1951

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From Notebooks: 1935-1951 by Albert Camus.

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Ruth Awad, from “Reasons To Live”

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A longer version of this poem by Ruth Awad can be read here.

Reasons to Live

A poem for Sunday

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Mosab Abu Toha

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We Deserve A Better Death by Mosab Abu Toha.

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i grant you refuge by Hiba Abu Nada tr. Huda Fakhreddine

Hiba Abu Nada was a novelist, poet, and educator. She wrote this poem on Oct. 10th, 2023. She died a martyr, killed in her home in south Gaza by an Israeli raid on Oct. 20th, 2023. She was 32 years old.

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I Grant You Refuge by Hiba Abu Nada, translated by Huda Fakhreddine.

Originally published in Protean Magazine.

I Grant You Refuge • Protean Magazine

It is our great honor to publish this translation of "I Grant You Refuge" by Palestinian poet, novelist, and teacher, Hiba Abu Nada. "Refuge

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Palestinian poet Hiba Abu Nada, "Not Just Passing," translated from Arabic by Huda Fakhreddine.

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Not Just Passing by Hiba Abu Nada.