Unextinguished By Dorian David Leigh Israel knows how to decease A vessel of flesh but not how To cease the fire that burns Within the olive groves and Stones and bones and poets And martyrs and broken hearted People who sing to their homeland From afar and hear it yearn for Their weary voices to return The fire of Palestine will always burn

Here's my #PoemsAbout #Ceasefire contribution for this week.

Taking a break from my regular themes and unhealthy coping mechanisms, because there was no way this wasn't going to be political.

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#PoetryForPalestine (more of it under this tag)

📝 Powerful poetry from Gaza’s children featured in West England Bylines.
Even in hardship, their words shine with courage, hope, and truth.
Read, share, and stand with their voices.
🔗 westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/poe...
#OhBigBlue #HandsUpProject #VoicesOfGaza #PoetryForPalestine

#filistineözgürlük #özgürfilistin #artforpalestine #poetryforpalestine

🌊 Our brand-new Oh Big Blue exhibition is now set up at St John’s Church in Totnes — ready for Monday’s big launch! 💙
Poetry, art, and the powerful voices of Palestinian children are waiting to be seen and heard.
#OhBigBlue #HandsUpProject #PoetryForPalestine #TotnesFringe2025

Oh Big Blue poetry book launch Oh Big Blue is a stunning collection of poetry written and illustrated by children aged 9 to 17 from across Palestine

📣 Oh Big Blue poetry launch — this Sunday, June 9
🕡 6:30 PM | 📍 St John’s Church, Totnes
Poems by Palestinian kids, guests: Peter & Alice Oswald
🎟 £5 suggested donation
🔗 tinyurl.com/ohbigbluelaunch
#OhBigBlue #PoetryForPalestine #HandsUpProject

The drone’s buzzing sound,
the roar of an F-16,
the screams of bombs falling on houses,
on fields, and on bodies,
of rockets flying away—
rid my small ear canal of them all.

~ Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear, by @mosababutoha.bsky.social

read by Deepti Khera.

#PoetryforPalestine #NakbaDay

If you’re at the New Orleans poetry fest, there’s three signed copies of Pink Zombie Rose in the #poetryforpalestine auction. Give your bucks to a good cause and get a good book in return. Win win. 💕

A Cat in Gaza by Dorian David Leigh she is quiet on soft feet streak of calico flitting from piece of rubble to piece of rubble there are mice bugs vermin she at least will not starve here she laps water from a scar in the concrete she does not mind the grit the dust the blood that leaches in the old man has little food and fewer kindnesses he shares both with her “i miss my cat at home” he says “i do not know what happened to her it is a great sadness” he eases his sorrows with gnarled hands smoothing troubles away in soft fur in this moment it is enough (continued next image)

at night she goes where plastic keeps the rain half heartedly off the families who shelter in the meager tent barely a tent it cannot keep the rain out it will not keep out anything more dangerous which falls from the sky winter comes nights are cold she creates warmth body pressed against shaking flesh she rumbles softly her purrs barely heard drown out the concussions bombs fall nearby yet the child sleeps she is a comfort one of few welcome intrusions around her neck is a blue collar if you call the number she carries the voice which answers will say “i am sorry the owner of this phone was killed by israel”

New poem for Palestine. As always, share if you think this will help, but always uplift the voices of Palestinian and Lebanese poets first and foremost.

#PoetryForPalestine
#Gaza
#FreePalestine