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I Could Die Today and Live Again, Summer Farah
Summer Farah, “PORTRAIT OF ME AS BREAD BAKING IN JERUSALEM”
Today’s poem of the day punched me in the gut and stole my wallet
palestinians poets: summer farah
summer farah is a palestinian american poet, editor, and critic. she is currently the outreach coordinator for the radius of arab american writers and sends out the occasional essay at evening conversations. she writes the poetry double features column at palette poetry, putting two collections in conversation each month.
IF YOU READ ONLY ONE PIECE BY SUMMER FARAH, MAKE IT THIS ONE: "the moon is pro-palestine"
by Summer Farah VOICEMAIL POEMS · "the moon is pro-palestine" by Summer Farah On April 11th, 2019, Israel sends a space probe to the moon. I
OTHER POEMS ONLINE I LOVE BY SUMMER FARAH
"what it's called when israel destroys a palestinian village because there's allegedly an ancient jewish civilization under it" at sumuo mag
"noooo don’t be a birthright apologist you’re so sexy ahha" at bahr magazine // بحر issue 1
"at the met cloisters" at the rumpus
"for lorelai gilmore, cece parekh, & all the girls who take to the wilderness" at violet indigo blue etc
by Summer Farah VOICEMAIL POEMS · "the moon is pro-palestine" by Summer Farah On April 11th, 2019, Israel sends a space probe to the moon. I
On April 11th, 2019, Israel sends a space probe to the moon. It explodes on impact.
BORN of Holy Space, she is sister
to stone. knows each smooth defense
littering occupied Ground. Holy
Ground. she whispers stories of how we built
our homes / laying stone gentle atop one another
dabke hard on soil
sending stories of how children see if stones,
too, float in the dead sea.
israel sends a space probe to the moon & it explodes on impact.
LISTEN. the moon is pro-Palestine.
moon remembers when she was part of the earth / remembers when land was one / craters filled with water waiting to be named holy / a people knowing what it always was, tending to orchards with twisted roots older than sea level / sung prayers tucked into breakfasts of bread and cheese / throats uneroded / calling on our daughters / ya ‘amar ya ‘amar ya banat al ‘amar / asking of us beauty / strength
holy earth sends stories of children / gripping rocks so hard their life lines become granite rings.
Children scratching at empire / criminalized. what is a blemish to an empire? man-made death machines plummet into the surface of the moon / scratch for conquest.
o holy Ground. those who separated us will not be forgiven.
there is no blemish to her light. in eulogy of the Children who have joined the stars
she fights back
Authors for eSims for Gaza ends tomorrow at 3pm, PST, May 18th
There is still time (24 hours!) to bid on the Authors for eSims auction. All shipping will be covered by the authors. Thank you to Thea Lim and Jody Chan for organizing, with the support of T. Liem.
In a time when moving basic resources like food and cash into Gaza has become virtually impossible due to Israel's ongoing bombardment and blockading of aid, eSims have remained a direct and accessible site of support. More about Crips for eSims for Gaza (a project organized and begun by me, Alice Wong, and Leah Lakshmi-Piepzna Samarasinha).
People can bid on 170+ very cool items like a draft of an Eden Robinson novel, signed books from Billy-Ray Belcourt, Jessica Johns, David Chariandy, Danez Smith, Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's Rehearsals for Living, and many naming rights. Also some incredible new releases like Natalie Lim's Elegy for Opportunity and Terese Mason Pierre's Myth. And from me: a 10 page manuscript consultation + behind the poem, as well as a slightly water-damaged copy of echolalia echolalia + battle-worn copy of Alice Wong's Disability Intimacy (do not leave the orange your friend gave you in your bag with a new book for several days 😅…).
As poet Rasha Abdulhadi shares, "This auction isn't for bidding on the value of books. It's a generous opportunity to donate the maximum we can afford to keep Palestinians in Gaza connected to each other & the world, through desolating genocidal siege. We can give accordingly."
OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH by Summer Farah