At a majliss in Saudi Arabia, for example, some Saudis complained that an unwillingness to embrace the art form in the past meant that a “Saudi art form” had effectively been monopolized by the United Arab Emirates.
Friday Finds: Najwan Darwish, ‘An Afternoon in Albaicín’
"The news of your death reached me / one sweltering afternoon / as I sat with friends on a peak of Albaicín."
Friday Finds: ‘An Authentic Corruption’ by Hermes
"I do not write in the day what I write in the night / because I am like the owl, I have / a slow wing clap and eyes / open to the blight."
Sunday Submissions: ‘The Poetry of the Arab Revolutions’
Submissions of 2-3 poems are preferred, but individual poem submissions will also be accepted.
Cover Reveal and 7 Poems: ‘The Olive Trees’ Jazz’
Above our heads a vertical shadow vibrates a shadow that flaps above our heads
Recommended Read: ‘Palestine as Metaphor’
"I don't like to resemble these taxi drivers to whom passing journalists glean their quick impressions about the country they are visiting."
Friday Finds: Poet Golan Haji in Four Languages
You thinned your pain. / Tu as poli ta douleur. / Du hast deinen Schmerz verschmälert.
In Love and Word Ensnared
Mourns a friend and blames time that struck her down with what struck me
Sunday Submissions: Copper Canyon Accepting Translated Poetry Manuscripts
Submissions close December 1, 2019.
Friday Finds: Norbert Hirschhorn’s ‘Stephen Spender’-commended Translation
I am the Lord of the room. My crown is morning dust, the floor my castle.
Friday Finds: From Amjad Nasser’s ‘Petra’
The water that tells of life also tells of the place.
New Collection of Adonis’s Poems To Be Released in Chinese Before Arabic
According to the Chinese news agency, the Chinese translation of Osmanthus is made up of 50 poems "that express the poet's affections for China's natural scenery, history, and culture, according to the publisher Yilin Press."
