Poetic Regulations Quotes

“The stars had only one task: they taught me how to read.
They taught me I had a language in heaven
and another language on earth.”
― Mahmoud Darwish, Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems

“The poem is in my hands, and can run stories through her hands.”
― Mahmoud Darwish, Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems

“The poem is neither here nor there, and with a girl's breast
it can illuminate the nights.
With the glow of an apple it fills two bodies with light
and with a gardenia's breath it can revive a homeland!”
― Mahmoud Darwish, Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems