Now imperial Israel “strictly” forbids starving, displaced Palestinians in Gaza who are baking in their tents under intense summer heat from “entering the sea” to cool off or fish.
You comment is incredible to me in a number of ways.
I was not familiar (or had forgotten) the poem, it's wonderful and speaks so much to Palestine now.
When I chose the picture to feature atop the piece, I knew it -- esp the woman with hands outstreached -- reminded me of something, but I couldn't recall what. After reading your comment, I realized it's similar to some of Khalil Gibran's drawings, like this one:
Finally, the person I know who knows the most about KG is Edmund Ghareeb, who is largely responsible for the "Enemy of the Sun" piece cited atop my piece.
Videos with the verses from these poems read over the photos of past and present crimes and atrocities, I believe could be powerful. Instead of "Dead are my people" they are murdering our people, erasing our history, and committing ecocide. just a thought.
Sam! Saw what you did mentioning our Veterans For Peace group fasting for Gaza outside the UN!... I WANT TO MEET YOU AT THE UN !!??! Bring my grandkids! Also teachers from Connecticut!! Can you help?!!??
I was reading a book by Khalil Gibran the other day and the poem "Dead are my people" really hit me.
Excerpt
"My people died on the cross....
They died while their hands
stretched toward the East and West,
While the remnants of their eyes
Stared at the blackness of the
Firmament...They died silently,
For humanity had closed its ears
To their cry. They died because
They did not befriend their enemy.
They died because they loved their
Neighbors. They died because
They placed trust in all humanity.
They died because they did not
Oppress the oppressors. They died
Because they were the crushed
Flowers, and not the crushing feet.
They died because they were peace
Makers. They perished from hunger
In a land rich with milk and honey.
They died because monsters of
Hell arose and destroyed all that
Their fields grew, and devoured the
Last provisions in their bins....
They died because the vipers and
Sons of vipers spat out poison into
The space where the Holy Cedars and
The roses and the jasmine breathe
Their fragrance."
https://allpoetry.com/poem/14326976-Dead-Are-My-People-by-Khalil-Gibran
Dear Jewell --
You comment is incredible to me in a number of ways.
I was not familiar (or had forgotten) the poem, it's wonderful and speaks so much to Palestine now.
When I chose the picture to feature atop the piece, I knew it -- esp the woman with hands outstreached -- reminded me of something, but I couldn't recall what. After reading your comment, I realized it's similar to some of Khalil Gibran's drawings, like this one:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Untitled%2C_Kahlil_Gibran%2C_c._1915%E2%80%931918.jpg
The line "stretched toward the East and West" links to one of my art projects:
https://compassroses.org
Finally, the person I know who knows the most about KG is Edmund Ghareeb, who is largely responsible for the "Enemy of the Sun" piece cited atop my piece.
https://www.blackagendareport.com/poem-enemy-sun-samih-al-qasim-1970
Thank you so much,
Usamah
Videos with the verses from these poems read over the photos of past and present crimes and atrocities, I believe could be powerful. Instead of "Dead are my people" they are murdering our people, erasing our history, and committing ecocide. just a thought.
Verklempt is the wyrd that has been with me all week
Dear Mags,
Ironic learning a new, such relevant, word from this.
Usamah
Sam! Saw what you did mentioning our Veterans For Peace group fasting for Gaza outside the UN!... I WANT TO MEET YOU AT THE UN !!??! Bring my grandkids! Also teachers from Connecticut!! Can you help?!!??
Jim Brasile
Veterans for Peace Connecticut
Vfpconnecticut42@gmail.com
Thanks Jim