[Poetry Friday] Mourid Barghouti’s Poetic Musings on Interpretations and Dying

Myra here.

Thank you to Mary Lee @ A Year Of Reading for hosting this week.

I learned about Mourid Barghouti, Palestinian poet, last February 14, Valentine’s Day, when I chanced upon this post on my social media account. He died this year.

When I read the poem above entitled Interpretations, I knew I just had to find his books and purchase them. Here are two that I bought for our current reading theme (until end of June this year) on Stories of the Dispossessed.

I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti (Amazon | Book Depository)

I Was Born There, I Was Born Here by Mourid Barghouti (Amazon | Book Depository)

Here is Ahdaf Soueif paying tribute to Mourid Barghouti by reading his poem There’s Nothing Wrong With Dying. I hope his voice finds you today.

Have you heard of this poet? Have you read any of his works yet?

4 comments on “[Poetry Friday] Mourid Barghouti’s Poetic Musings on Interpretations and Dying”

maryleehahn

April 2, 2021

Thank you for this new-to-me poet, and especially for the dual-language reading of his poem. There is so much between the lines in the contrast between the possible deaths in the poem. Powerful.

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haitiruth

April 3, 2021

Thanks for this introduction to a powerful voice. Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com

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Buffy Silverman

April 3, 2021

Oh the turn at the end of that poem was so unexpected and chilling… Thanks for introducing this poet to those of us who did not know him.

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Kay Mcgriff

April 4, 2021

This is a new-to-me poet. Thank you for sharing his work and introducing him. Oh that ending of the poem took me by surprise–how chilling.

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