And what happens when the domestic encounters the violent.
rice haikus
we are women simple
sugar our morning tea
eat rice at all meals
we of simple land
kept the sugar in one sack
rice in another
lived off the brown earth
gave figs to fidayeen*
olives and almonds
when they raided our homes
they poured sugar into rice
to ruin them both
now we eat sweet rice
with our morning tea eat
meals of resistance
-Suheir Hammad
The daughter of Palestinian refugees, she lived in Beirut during part of the Civil War, then immigrated to New York. She describes her work as "giving voice to those who have been silenced for so long."
*fidayeen: freedom fighters
*fidayeen: freedom fighters
