Review: 'You Must Live' – A Poetry Collection from Palestinian Poets
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Chris Power
8d ago· 1 min readenReview
Summary
A review of a new poetry collection from Palestine, focusing on Othman Hussein's poem "My Share of Dreams" which explores the tension between escapist fantasy and harsh reality. The collection features poets from Gaza and the West Bank depicting the precarious nature of life amid ruined landscapes.
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· 3 pulledI built a dream and moved entirely into it. I decorated it with plains and valleys.
I was afraid it would collapse.
dreams are like provisions, secretly distributed among us
Poets from Gaza and the West Bank paint a bleak picture of the precarious nature of life amid the ruined landscapes of their homeland
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