Thursday, September 5, 2013

A Lover From Palestine Comments

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Your eyes are a thorn in my heart
Inflicting pain, yet I cherish that thorn
And shield it from the wind.
I sheathe it in my flesh, I sheathe it, protecting it from night and agony,
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Mahmoud Darwish
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Knight The Poetic 26 March 2023

Such a beautiful poem.

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Shaun Cronick 01 April 2020

Touching with love and its message so powerfully presented in spades.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 01 April 2020

And before it all, I know That I am the flower of youth and the knight of knights! ....... impressive concluding. Beautiful poem by Mahmoud Darwish.

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Mahtab Bangalee 01 April 2020

So masterly penned this poem on the sorrow of heart for the independence of the country

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Dominic M. Windram 01 April 2020

Deeply poignant poem that deploys personification in a masterful way; in order to encapulate the suffering of the Palesinian people...a worthy poem of the day.

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Dr Antony Theodore 01 April 2020

Your eyes are a thorn in my heart Inflicting pain, yet I cherish that thorn And shield it from the wind. I sheathe it in my flesh,

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Ratnakar Mandlik 01 April 2019

Hats off to the anguished soul that has penned such a profound and agonizing master piece. A well deserved modern poem of the Day.

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I am the flower of youth and the knight of knights! . Very nice

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Kumarmani Mahakul 01 April 2019

Congratulations to his soul for being selected this poem as the poem of the day as second time.

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Mahtab Bangalee 01 April 2019

oh! this is the rhythm the rhythm of painful heart for peoples for the peoples of war ravaged land oh! this is the true writings of poetic shattered heart

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Savita Tyagi 01 April 2018

This is the cry of an anguished heart aching at the suffering of his land. So beautifully written. A Masterpiece!

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Susan Williams 01 April 2018

when loss takes over a life- -

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Edward Kofi Louis 01 April 2018

Dearer to me than my heart! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 01 April 2018

Such a profound poem by Mahmoud Darwish👍👍👍

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Kumarmani Mahakul 01 April 2018

Heart touching expression on love duly presented. Beautiful poem. I am grateful that this poem has been selected as the poem of the day.

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Muzahidul Reza 01 April 2018

agony encircled the lips of spring............... well penned

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Maria La Vida 04 July 2015

This poem is embedded in every breath i take and every beat of my heart! ! I'm consumed by this love and hunted by its dream till the day i join Darwish on the other side! Free Palestine! RIP Darwish! !

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