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4.72 AVERAGE
4.72 AVERAGE
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"My hope is that you will come flying to me
on your tireless wings.
I will collect seashells and pebbles to build a house
for us on the beach until you come.
I don't know how many houses I will have built
before you come.
I'm afraid I will rebuild Gaza by then."
on your tireless wings.
I will collect seashells and pebbles to build a house
for us on the beach until you come.
I don't know how many houses I will have built
before you come.
I'm afraid I will rebuild Gaza by then."
I admire the author’s resilience so much. This collection is both sobering and gritty, with the middle section being especially powerful—I even started tearing up.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, War
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The rights of deserving a better death should be obligatory and applied globally. Period. Good god, bless the Palestinian souls.
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Read July 2024
The writing style wasn't always my favourite (nothing wrong with it, I'm just picky with my poetry), but the poems definitely hit me emotionally. Not an easy read, but an important one. A window into life in Gaza. (published in 2022)
The writing style wasn't always my favourite (nothing wrong with it, I'm just picky with my poetry), but the poems definitely hit me emotionally. Not an easy read, but an important one. A window into life in Gaza. (published in 2022)