This poem is indebted to Sharon Olds and forms part of a diptych.
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Mosab Abu Toha "Captures People’s Stories of Life, Love, and Loss"
"Writing, though painful, is a necessary act of remembrance for him. 'It is very devastating for me to write poetry, as much as it is devastating for me to read my poems to other people,' he admits. But sharing these stories is vital, even if the world seems unwilling to listen. 'If this story does touch someone’s heart, then I’m doing my job as a human being.'"
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What Sparks Poetry:
G. C. Waldrep on Ecopoetry Now
"For me as a poet there’s a joy in sheer description, as there is also an excitement in the act of address....Description is always an act of translation. And in so doing propose, to some notional reader, that something could be shared. To address, meaning to conjure that notional reader (or auditor) explicitly, via deixis: you. You there. Not you, but you. You, defined as whatever or whomever the poem is addressing. Sometimes I think 'you' is the most complicated word in the English language. 'You' is always a revelation to me." |
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