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A Lover From Palestine

Mahmoud Darwish

Her eyes are Palestinian
Her name is Palestinian
Her dress and sorrow Palestinian
Her kerchief, her feet and body Palestinian
Her words and silence Palestinian
Her voice Palestinian
Her birth and her death Palestinian




Quotes of the Day

Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.
• Leo Buscaglia


Poems of the Day
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    Rumpelstiltskin
    by Anne Sexton
    Inside many of us is a small old man who wants to get out. No bigger than a two-year-old whom you'd call lamb chop yet this one is old and malformed. His head is okay