soon syllables will fall from her lips the first rain - Lisa Suhair Majaj

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how a word transforms us
seedling taking delicate hold
or a weed choking the tender plants
news enters us and puts down roots

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Bless poetry books that cross oceans
in battered envelopes,
bearing small flames of words.

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hopes
for peace: hand clasped in hand
firmer than fist on a gun
or club, hand raised in greeting
stronger than hand raised for violence

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