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O Palestine

By: Mazin Qumsiyeh on: Wednesday 22 November 2017 - Genre: Poetry

Your sisters stayed in their palaces With golden chains and shameless lies Some grinned and aided criminals... Others chose to veil their eyes Some justify rape and expulsions Others prayed to th...

Poems by Suheir Hammad

By: Suheir Hammad on: Wednesday 22 November 2017 - Genre: Poetry

What I will 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...

À Escrita

By: Maryse Schouella on: Wednesday 22 November 2017 - Genre: Poetry

Writing Writing represents my whole background, In discovering my freedom and space, Enabling me to take advantage, Of a cultural knowledge, An observation, together, Reflecting, To be creati...

Oh, Human Dignity

By: Taysir Nashif on: Wednesday 22 November 2017 - Genre: Poetry

Oh, human dignity, Are you destined to be triumphant in the battle with gold? Will you stand out, confident and strong, when the armies of power and domination rush to try to assassinate you? Ha...

Two Moons

By: Ibaa Ismail on: Wednesday 22 November 2017 - Genre: Poetry

Two moons Two moons blaze In the lap of clouds Like a fascinated, daring pulse. They wash their exhaustion with poetry And in their heart, A prophecy chants!

A Night Unlike Others

By: Mourid Barghouti on: Wednesday 22 November 2017 - Genre: Poetry

A poem from Barghouti's latest book in English "Midnight" His finger almost touches the bell, the door, unbelievably slowly, opens. He enters. He goes to his bedroom. Here th...

Poems in Greek and English Dimitris P. Kraniotis

By: Dimitris P. Kraniotis on: Wednesday 22 November 2017 - Genre: Poetry

Dimitris P. Kraniotis Δημήτρης Π. Κρανιώτης In Greek and in English Νοητή γραμμή...

Poems by Ilias Foukis

Translation by PHILIP RAMP

By: Ilias Foukis on: Wednesday 22 November 2017 - Genre: Poetry

YOUNG GREEK SOLITARY If such be the will of the God on Earth without needing to sing the praises of Zeus today I... will walk all day on the Earth. And more importantly as soon as I glimpse t...

Poemes Par Ibrahim el-Johainy

Traduit par Ghada Shoukri

By: Ibrahim Eljohainy on: Wednesday 22 November 2017 - Genre: Poetry

Tentative À grand-peine, Il essaye tous les matins De convaincre l'homme qu'il voit dans le miroir Qu'il n'est sûrement pas lui Mais, c’est chaque fois en vai...

The Valley of the Culprits

La Vallee Des Coupables multilingual

By: Uzeyir Lokman CAYCI on: Wednesday 22 November 2017 - Genre: Poetry

Üzeyir Lokman ÇAYCI Poem in Turkish translated into French, English and Spanish Translators: Yakup YURT Joneve McCormick Mercedes Ortega González-Rubio y Manuel Guillermo Ort...

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