for Syria and Ukraine I was dreaming its surface with my thumb Flying along carving a small wake, A river and a fish. That dream—but when I woke Heard the noisy street. What am I doing, I thought? Liv...
for Riad Saleh Hussein and Saleh Al-Razzouq I was dreaming of a river and fish, Of flying along its surface with my thumb Carving a small wake. I thought it was cinematic, That dream, but when I woke I heard the noise of the street. What am I doi...
1- On Reading Adonis You mention “holes called stars” You were a farm boy, al Qassabin, the President etc. I was from the city. My stars were smaller, Brittle things in a night sky like thistle frozen Perhaps it was all frosted fie...