PoetryCompetition

Palestine Verses 2016 – Winner: A Tap on the Roof by Hafsah Aneela Bashir

A Tap on the Roof The warning scud skirts the roof 58 seconds to run 58 seconds to run 58 seconds to run Slah Nuwasrah gathers his nephews Nidal wide-eyed Muhammad screams in his cot The pregnant wife frozen to her bed Corner of the quilt chewed wet by clamped…

Palestine Verses 2016 – 2nd Place: ‘We will be angry’ by John Ling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R77HOWTPzxU We will be angry (after Gaza 2014) Take my land give it a new name say it was yours before let me have a small part call it a “territory”. I will be angry. In my territory let new people come, your people, from all over, let them find…

Palestine Verses 2016 – 3rd Place: Thirst fugue by Barbara Cumbers

Thirst fugue after “Todesfuge” by Paul Celan They hold the land in the dust of our houses as dusk falls they bring out ancestral maps and command that we follow their lines on the land they command that we wait at their checkpoints they heft our worth in the steel…

Palestine Verses – Interpal Poetry Competition 2016

To all the poets out there: Interpal’s poetry competition ‘Palestine Verses’ is back! Entrants can write about anything they wish related to Palestine and the Palestinian people. The winner will have the opportunity to read their poem at Interpal Nakba Commemoration event, Nakba Narratives, which will take place at the…

Palestine Verses – Interpal Poetry Competition 2016

To all the poets out there: Interpal’s poetry competition ‘Palestine Verses’ is back! Entrants can write about anything they wish related to Palestine and the Palestinian people. The winner will have the opportunity to read their poem at Interpal Nakba Commemoration event, Nakba Narratives, which will take place at the…