Comments on: Poet Mahmoud Darwish Has Died http://slanttruth.com/2008/08/10/poet-mahmoud-darwish-has-died/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:35:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kevin http://slanttruth.com/2008/08/10/poet-mahmoud-darwish-has-died/comment-page-1/#comment-2462 Kevin Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:48:34 +0000 http://slanttruth.com/?p=370#comment-2462 Yes, I have <em>Against Forgetting</em> as well. I'm about to go dig it out now! Yes, I have Against Forgetting as well. I’m about to go dig it out now!

]]> By: Theriomorph http://slanttruth.com/2008/08/10/poet-mahmoud-darwish-has-died/comment-page-1/#comment-2461 Theriomorph Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:28:53 +0000 http://slanttruth.com/?p=370#comment-2461 I hadn't realized Carolyn Forche had translated his work; her <a href="http://www.wwnorton.com/catalog/backlist/030976.htm">Against Forgetting</a> might have been the first place I encountered Darwish's writing in the mid-'90's. I just pulled the (amazing) collection off the shelf, sitting here thinking about him, and rediscovered these words: <i>from <b>"Earth Poem"</b> ... And they searched his chest But could only find his heart And they searched his heart But could only find his people And they searched his voice But could only find his grief And they searched his grief But could only find his prison And they searched his prison But could only see themselves in chains. </i> Complications following heart surgery indeed. Goodbye, Mr. Darwish, and thank you. I hadn’t realized Carolyn Forche had translated his work; her Against Forgetting might have been the first place I encountered Darwish’s writing in the mid-’90′s. I just pulled the (amazing) collection off the shelf, sitting here thinking about him, and rediscovered these words:

from “Earth Poem”

…

And they searched his chest
But could only find his heart
And they searched his heart
But could only find his people
And they searched his voice
But could only find his grief
And they searched his grief
But could only find his prison
And they searched his prison
But could only see themselves in chains.

Complications following heart surgery indeed.

Goodbye, Mr. Darwish, and thank you.

]]> By: Theriomorph http://slanttruth.com/2008/08/10/poet-mahmoud-darwish-has-died/comment-page-1/#comment-2460 Theriomorph Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:18:14 +0000 http://slanttruth.com/?p=370#comment-2460 *disintegrates into tears* I love this poem. And look at that beautiful picture of him you found. *disintegrates into tears*

I love this poem. And look at that beautiful picture of him you found.

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