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Written on Feb 12, 2024
Thank you NetGalley for the chance to read and review this!
As another reviewer on here said it; there is a reason Said is not known for his poetry. This was never really meant to be published (some really truly feel unfinished) and that it is collected will be off an interest to people studying him and his work; he is not a poet and there is no reason to make him one (his merits are known).
That being said, I do think there are beautiful moments within these poems, the first part of Desert Flowers for instance.
"I fled with my hearts roof torn open, blown apart"
(Wistful Music)
And this last one:
heard no, but hurt most certainly