Tuesday, February 25, 2020

March First for Al Awda - a poem in Growing Gardens for Palestine by Anne Selden Annab


                   March First for Al Awda


My heart is with all

who march March 1st ...


with all who value every home
& family.


All who value freedom of
(and from) religion.


All who crave and help create

fair and just laws...


All who write stories and poems, and paint,
all who build beauty & museums for Palestine.


All who vote for full and equal rights
and respect.



Every step marched yesterday
today and tomorrow for Al Awda

is amplified a thousand fold,
by all who can not be there.


And amplified again, and again
for Al Awda, amplified a trillion fold
by every refugee.


My heart is with all

who march for real justice

and a lasting peace.



poem copyright ©2020 Anne Selden Annab 

 

1 comment:

  1. ...Universal Echo

    A Growing Gardens for Palestine poem by Anne Selden Annab


    Every time
    you unlock any door
    any where
    any one
    you are Al-Awda

    Any time
    you fit a key
    into any ignition
    of any vehicle

    you are Al-Awda

    Any time
    you write a poem
    (or a grocery list)
    you are Al-Awda
    as the ink shapes
    in every language
    spell out
    what was
    is and always will be
    Al-Awda

    When you read a book
    When you fall in love
    When you buy a ring
    When you leave home
    When you return
    all Al-Awda

    Every time
    you flick a switch
    turn on a light
    Al-Awda

    Every time
    you close your eyes
    and dream
    Al-Awda

    Every pillow you fluff
    every penny you drop
    every street you stroll
    every garden
    every step
    even every stumble
    All Al-Awda

    And now knowing Al-Awda
    know that all roads now
    lead home
    ....to Palestine





    poem copyright 2008 Anne Selden Annab

    http://growinggardensforpalestine.blogspot.com/2008/10/universal-echo.html

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