Twigs
(excerpt)
And so
it has taken me
all of sixty years
to understand
that water is the finest
drink,
and bread the most delicious
food,
and that art is worthless
unless it plants
a measure of splendor in
people's hearts.
~ Taha Muhammad Ali
~
(So What: New and Selected
Poems, 1971-2005,
translated by Peter Cole,
Yahya Hijazi, and Gabriel Levin)
I was privileged to hear Taha Muhammad Ali
present his poetry;
on hard soil, he keeps on planting
hope....
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