Poetry
Falastin
News from Gaza rips the heart open/ Idlib is burning too
Photo: Collected | Collage: Maisha Syeda
Neither Euphemism nor synonyms
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War has been declared I hear.
In waves profuse, wailings encompassing all
Did it reach your heart too?
News from Gaza rips the heart open.
Idlib is burning too.
Nablus, Ramallah, Haifa
Silwad, Yaffa, Khan Younis.
All are blazing
Did you hear it too?
Aleppo's sweets are turning rancid.
And Khatib's vows to Shireen have been barbed.
Muntasir too has breathed his last
Did you hear it too?
Yeh, Darwish.
Himu Irene Harney is a prospective Economics graduate from North South University.
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