#suheir hammad

[cocosse]

“Occupation means that you cannot trust the OPEN SKY, or any open street near to the gates of snipers tower. It means that you cannot trust the future or have faith that the past will always be there.”

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Alphabetarion # Occupation | Suheir Hammad, 1973-

[yukalipaginaliteraria]

POESÍA PALESTINA / RUPTURA EN RACIMO, Autora: Suheir Hammad

Ruptura en racimo Toda la Historia Sagrada, prohibida.Libros no escritos predijeron el futuro,proyectaron el pasado,pero mi cabeza desenvuelve lo que parece no tener límite,la violencia creativa del hombre. ¿Qué hijo, el de quién, será?¿Qué hijo varón perecerá un nuevo día?La muerte de nuestros niños nos impulsa.Acariciamos cadáveres. Lloramos mujeres, es complicado.A las putas les pegan a…

POESÍA PALESTINA / RUPTURA EN RACIMO, Autora: Suheir Hammad

[ivoryk1ss]

Letter to Anthony, Suheir Hammad

[alphareader]

What I Will

by Suheir Hammad

I will not

dance to your war

drum. I will

not lend my soul nor

my bones to your war

drum. I will

not dance to your

beating. I know that beat.

It is lifeless. I know

intimately that skin

you are hitting. It

was alive once

hunted stolen

stretched. I will

not dance to your drummed

up war. I will not pop

spin break for you. I

will not hate for you or

even hate you. I will

not kill for you. Especially

I will not die

for you. I will not mourn

the dead with murder nor

suicide. I will not side

with you nor dance to bombs

because everyone else is

dancing. Everyone can be

wrong. Life is a right not

collateral or casual. I

will not forget where

I come from. I

will craft my own drum. Gather my beloved

near and our chanting

will be dancing. Our

humming will be drumming. I

will not be played. I

will not lend my name

nor my rhythm to your

beat. I will dance

and resist and dance and

persist and dance. This heartbeat is louder than

death. Your war drum ain’t

louder than this breath.

[majestativa]

I smell your ashes of zaatar (thyme) and almonds under my skin I carry your bones.

— Suheir Hammad, The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology, (2001)

[majestativa]

We were where we needed to be. We are who we have to be.

— Suheir Hammad, The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology, (2001)

[garadinervi]

Suheir Hammad (سهير حماد), Zeitoun, in Born Palestinian, Born Black & The Gaza Suite, Introduction by Marco Villalobos, Afterword by Kazim Ali, UpSet Press, New York, NY, 2010, p. 92

[garadinervi]

Suheir Hammad (سهير حماد), Tel El Hawa, in Born Palestinian, Born Black & The Gaza Suite, Introduction by Marco Villalobos, Afterword by Kazim Ali, UpSet Press, New York, NY, 2010, p. 91