lauren_endnotes's review against another edition
First full collection by Fady Joudah, medical doctor, poet, and Arabic translator. I was familiar with his work of translating preeminent Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, so I wanted to check out his personal poetry too. Some highlights in ALIGHT but also want to read his more recent works, and his (multiple) Darwish translations.
"Waterproof" by Fady Joudah
from ALIGHT
How did the time pass
When all we had was
The flow of sense and body
Embrace without pose
For a fossiliferous world
Where the camera fell
In the water of a waterfall
We wanted badly framed
And now its lack is what submits
To memory
Or were those days always there in
Its smithereens of your family's
Photo album as you gather
Around now and over a picture that
Of the selves that are here
And the selves that are gone
"Waterproof" by Fady Joudah
from ALIGHT
How did the time pass
When all we had was
The flow of sense and body
Embrace without pose
For a fossiliferous world
Where the camera fell
In the water of a waterfall
We wanted badly framed
And now its lack is what submits
To memory
Or were those days always there in
Its smithereens of your family's
Photo album as you gather
Around now and over a picture that
Of the selves that are here
And the selves that are gone
whats_margaret_reading's review against another edition
4.0
My favorite of the two more traditional Fady Joudah poetry collections I've read. I think I like the idea behind [b:Textu|17723266|Textu|Fady Joudah|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1366073187s/17723266.jpg|24790504] a bit more than the long-form poems, but this collection is also very strong.
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