But it worked perfectly for me, as I had been thinking how we as humans are like a blade of grass. The quote above is how an elder recited the poem.
I also felt that the poems were chosen with an eye to what an Anglo audience would presumably find of interest, but I need to think more about that so I might add more comments later. No Blade of Grass 1970 Overview Synopsis Credits Film Details Articles & Reviews Notes Brief Synopsis A family tries to escape an environmental holocaust. To see the world in a blade of grass And heaven in a wild flower To Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour. This made me wonder if Arabophone readers weren't considered part of the audience proper. 9 Old County Road Sudbury, MA 01776 a Blade of Grass offers a variety of landscape services including consultation, installation, design, and maintenance throughout the Greater Boston area.
Second, the book has a very lengthy foreword by the editor, and while the poems are provided both in Arabic and English, the foreword is only in English. Its recommended that this move is forgotten. The editorial position is a position of power and there didn't seem to be any critical engagement with that here. When used with its water equivalent, its power increases and a vast swamp appears. I thought this was an important book that'll introduce readers to new authors, and I appreciated most of the individual poems, but I couldn't help wondering about the way the anthology was put together.įirst of all, everyone in this book is Palestinian, except the editor, who is a white Anglo woman.
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