The Art Divas / Divas of Verse

Blog of Rabih Alameddine

Sunday, June 15, 2025

For My Own Protection by Essex Hemphill

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For My Own Protection   I want to start  an organization to save my life. If whales, snails, dogs, cats Chrysler and Nixon can be saved, the...
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Think of Others by Mahmoud Darwish

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Think of Others   As you prepare your breakfast, think of others   (do not forget the pigeon's food).   As you conduct your wars, think ...
Monday, June 2, 2025

Most Days I Want to Live by Gabrielle Calvocoressi

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Most Days I Want to Live  Not all days. But most days I do. Most days the garden’s almost enough: little pink flowers on the sage, even thou...
Saturday, May 31, 2025

My Grandfather Was a Terrorist by Mosab Abu Toha

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My Grandfather Was a Terrorist   My grandfather was a terrorist— He tended to his field, watered the roses in the courtyard, smoked cigarett...
Thursday, May 29, 2025

600 days in the genocide by Omar Sakr

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600 days in the genocide The hour is late as I usher my sons to bed. My family is watching a game called State Of Origin where men from all ...

Your Name by Silvina Ocampo

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Your Name No one can pronounce your name. I alone know the perfect inflection. They lack the tenderness in which it flows and the sweetness ...
Saturday, May 24, 2025

The Triumph of the Infinite by Mark Strand

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The Triumph of the Infinite I got up in the night and went to the end of the hall. Over the door in large letters it said, “This is the next...
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