Symbol of Hope, by Sliman Mansour Yahia Lababidi presents the Introduction to his new book of poetry, Palestine Wail, together with a poem from the book INTRODUCTION:... Continue reading
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A mosque destroyed in the Jabalia area of the Gaza Strip. Commons image by Jaber Jehad Badwan By Richard Penderyn Last year a letter I co-authored on... Continue reading
By David Erdos Peeling pensioners from the streets as policemenLaugh at them was part of the protests in London today,Yesterday and a prime example of where and... Continue reading
Is this a holy thing to see…? – William Blake by David Betteridge Here, in a world where wealth abounds,life’s necessities run out,purposely held back by evil’s... Continue reading
Palestinians use Gaza’s ruins to dry their laundry. Commons image By Mark Cassidy Back from the refill shop, weighed downwith staples, I pour loose flour into Kilner... Continue reading
President Donald Trump shaking hands with Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Commons image. By Violet White Behold, the wicked conceive harm,are pregnant with injustice,and give birth to lies.... Continue reading
By Abdulghani Al-Shuaibi He walked — a whisper on the broken land,Twelve kilometres, barefoot in the sand.No shield but ribs, no cloak but skin and bone,A child... Continue reading
Yazan el-Kafarna, left, with his brothers Wael, centre, and Mouin [Courtesy of the el-Kafarna family] Yazan’s mother counts his bones 4:30am South CarolinaThunderous rain floods, rattles, tanglesletters... Continue reading
By Abdulghani Al-Shuaibi Beneath a sky that weeps like wounded skin,Gaza sighs — a caged bird held within.Her streets are stitched with ash and stone,Her lullabies are... Continue reading
By Jim Aitken Michael Rosen loves words. He loves their sense, their sounds, their layers of meaning and the uses they can be put to. He does... Continue reading
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