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[mizraim]

Memories of PalestineBy Adam Ahmed

Comments

[faerieariel]

Beautiful images, adore the ending. I wonder about the sulfur smell, does it mean anything to the poem? Perhaps I am too dense to pick up on it.

[mizraim]

I'm actually going to re-title this poem "Memories of Palestine," because part of the poem is the contrast between here (America) and there. Sulfur is such an interesting word because not only is it the element contained in gunpowder/explosives (used by a "suicide bomber") and matches (the "you" smoking in the end of poem) but it can also be the smell of the human body decaying.

Plus the word is derived from the Arabic word "sufra" with means "yellow," but I didn't realize that until after I wrote the poem.

Thanks for the comment!

[venetia]

Ugh. But that's good.

[mizraim]

Thank you.

I haven't been able to order your book yet, I think it will be something like 40 dollars if I have it shipped to the States :-(

I'm going to get it though!