Select poems from Unfortunately, It Was Paradise

Includes the poems "On This Earth"; "I Belong There"; "Athens
Airport"; and "I Talk Too Much"
Printed in 2003

Poem from The Adam of Two Edens

Includes the poem "As He Walks Away"
Printed in 2000

"Our flutes would have played a duet / if it weren't for the gun."

Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish (1942–) is widely considered to be the most significant Palestinian poet, and one of the most important poets to write in the Arabic language. According to Munir Akash and Carolyn Forché, editors of Darwish's poetry collection Unfortunately, It Was Paradise, he is "beloved as the voice of his people, he is an artist demanding of his work continual transformation and a living legend whose lyrics are sung by fieldworkers and schoolchildren." Darwish has spoken...