HEBRON POEMS: "Olive Harvest in Al Khalil" and "Seeking Normal"
November 29th, 2006
in:
CPTnet
29 November 2006
HEBRON POEMS: "Olive Harvest in Al Khalil" and "Seeking Normal"
by Abigail Ozanne
Olive Harvest in Al Khalil
A peaceful rain
A joyful rain
A rain of life is falling
Falling
Falling
Falling
A rain of olives falling
Falling on my head
A hateful rain
An angry rain
A painful rain is falling
Falling
Falling
Falling
A rain of stones if falling
Falling on my head
Seeking Normal
We are flowers
growing at a checkpoint
seeking normality
in the midst of war.
Soldiers carrying
m-16s
-mere
details in the background
of a painting.
War is normal.
We pass men held by soldiers
And buy bread.