Song Of Palestine – Armistice Means Ceasefire
For the dead of conflicts ended long ago before their birth they’ll say “Armistice!”.
Author: William Altoft
Writer in and from (and consistently on) Bristol.
Song Of Palestine – Paradise
The child said: Was it The Accursed who sent you? Was it God?
Isis, Su-Tekh, & The Falcon-Child: VII
Su-Tekh approaches… “Here, at last, one of us two will drown!”
Song Of Palestine – Unholy Land
Half the world takes a stand, bearing black; green; white; red!
Song Of Palestine – Beneath The Weeping Of The Olive Tree
Condemned by th’Jewish people it betrays.
Song Of Palestine – A Homeland More Than Ruin; A People More Than Suffering
Precious. Valid. Storied. Human.
Song Of Palestine – Refuge
Like flags of fierce resistance, laundry dries in its black, green, red, ‘n white…
Song Of Palestine – This Land Is Mine
D’you see God in th’pillars of fire that make this land their own?
Song Of Palestine – A Sonnet To The Child Of Flight; To The Child Of Ruin
She stands beside the water, watching all, her ethnicity in her hair ‘n hue.
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