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“I thank everyone I don't love.
They don't cause me heartache
they don't make me write long letters
they don't disturb my dreams
I don't await them anxiously
I don't read their horoscopes in magazines
I don't dial their numbers
I don't think of them.
I thank them a lot
they don't turn my life upside down.”
― The War Works Hard
They don't cause me heartache
they don't make me write long letters
they don't disturb my dreams
I don't await them anxiously
I don't read their horoscopes in magazines
I don't dial their numbers
I don't think of them.
I thank them a lot
they don't turn my life upside down.”
― The War Works Hard
“Nothing Here is Enough”
I need a parrot,
identical days,
a quantity of needles,
and artificial ink
to make history.
I need veiled eyelids,
black lines,
and ruined puppets
to make geography.
I need a sky wider than longing,
and water that is not H2O
to make wings.
The days are no longer enough
to distinguish the missing.
I no longer see you
because I no longer dream.
I offer a tear to the rain
as if scattering you
in the Dead Sea,
and in order to sing you,
I need glass to muffle the sound.”
― The War Works Hard
I need a parrot,
identical days,
a quantity of needles,
and artificial ink
to make history.
I need veiled eyelids,
black lines,
and ruined puppets
to make geography.
I need a sky wider than longing,
and water that is not H2O
to make wings.
The days are no longer enough
to distinguish the missing.
I no longer see you
because I no longer dream.
I offer a tear to the rain
as if scattering you
in the Dead Sea,
and in order to sing you,
I need glass to muffle the sound.”
― The War Works Hard
“Trees don’t ask why they don’t move from place to place, nor do they ask any other meaningless questions. But their branches tremble when the birds leave them,”
― The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq
― The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq
“If the world were flat
like a magic carpet,
our sorrow would have a beginning and an end.
If the world were square,
we would lie low in a corner
when the war plays "hide and seek."
If the world were round,
our dreams would take turns on the ferris wheel,
and we would be equal.”
― The Iraqi Nights
like a magic carpet,
our sorrow would have a beginning and an end.
If the world were square,
we would lie low in a corner
when the war plays "hide and seek."
If the world were round,
our dreams would take turns on the ferris wheel,
and we would be equal.”
― The Iraqi Nights
“Ringrazio
tutti coloro che non amo
perché non mi fanno venire il mal di testa
non mi fanno scrivere lunghe lettere
non agitano i miei sogni
non li attendo con ansia
non leggo i loro oroscopi sul giornale
non compongo il loro numero di telefono
non li penso.
Li ringrazio molto
non mi mettono in subbuglio la vita”.
"I thank everyone I don't love.
They don't cause me heartache
they don't make me write long letters
they don't disturb my dreams
I don't await them anxiously
I don't read their horoscopes in magazines
I don't dial their numbers
I don't think of them.
I thank them a lot
they don't turn my life upside down.”
―
tutti coloro che non amo
perché non mi fanno venire il mal di testa
non mi fanno scrivere lunghe lettere
non agitano i miei sogni
non li attendo con ansia
non leggo i loro oroscopi sul giornale
non compongo il loro numero di telefono
non li penso.
Li ringrazio molto
non mi mettono in subbuglio la vita”.
"I thank everyone I don't love.
They don't cause me heartache
they don't make me write long letters
they don't disturb my dreams
I don't await them anxiously
I don't read their horoscopes in magazines
I don't dial their numbers
I don't think of them.
I thank them a lot
they don't turn my life upside down.”
―
“and then I knew
that only the dreams of a stone don't become cracked
and only the heart of a stone endures.”
― Diary of a Wave Outside the Sea
that only the dreams of a stone don't become cracked
and only the heart of a stone endures.”
― Diary of a Wave Outside the Sea
“I still feel that poetry is not medicine — it's an X-ray. It helps you see the wound and understand it.”
―
―
“All of us are autumn leaves,
ready to fall at any time.”
―
ready to fall at any time.”
―
“If the world were flat,
like a flying carpet,
our sorrow would have a beginning and an end.
If the world were square,
we'd lie low in a corner
whenever the war plays hide and seek.
If the world were round,
our dreams would take turns on the Ferris wheel, and we'd all be equal.”
― The Iraqi Nights
like a flying carpet,
our sorrow would have a beginning and an end.
If the world were square,
we'd lie low in a corner
whenever the war plays hide and seek.
If the world were round,
our dreams would take turns on the Ferris wheel, and we'd all be equal.”
― The Iraqi Nights
“Their hands tore her body into halves,
like two countries at war,
the dividing line on inferno and dead people.”
―
like two countries at war,
the dividing line on inferno and dead people.”
―
“In the Arab world, censorship follows speech.
In America, censorship precedes speech.”
― The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq
In America, censorship precedes speech.”
― The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq
“Her dress exploded,
the flowers scattered in the air,
the colours popped up high like fireworks in a celebration,
but: no sound could be heard,
no sound...”
― The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq
the flowers scattered in the air,
the colours popped up high like fireworks in a celebration,
but: no sound could be heard,
no sound...”
― The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq
