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The Pages of Day and Night by Adonis, Samuel Hazo
4.0
Some of my favorite lines:
Listen!
I'm calling you to recognize my voice
-- The Messenger
Leave me alone.
A light has always
led me home.
-- In the forest
The pitying stars ignite
and days forget themselves
in my bed
-- The pages of day and night
We scream.
We dream of weeping,
but tears refuse our eyes.
We twist our necks
in zero hurricanes.
-- Elegy for the time at hand
Shall I say now: "I am not myself."
Shall I say: "I have created ashes."
-- Gilgamesh
Every poem in this collection is quotable. Almost all of them are tinged with a bit of melancholy and longing. There are moments of absolute silence and then there are screams of despair echoing from the empty streets. This collection is structurally beautiful.
Listen!
I'm calling you to recognize my voice
-- The Messenger
Leave me alone.
A light has always
led me home.
-- In the forest
The pitying stars ignite
and days forget themselves
in my bed
-- The pages of day and night
We scream.
We dream of weeping,
but tears refuse our eyes.
We twist our necks
in zero hurricanes.
-- Elegy for the time at hand
Shall I say now: "I am not myself."
Shall I say: "I have created ashes."
-- Gilgamesh
Every poem in this collection is quotable. Almost all of them are tinged with a bit of melancholy and longing. There are moments of absolute silence and then there are screams of despair echoing from the empty streets. This collection is structurally beautiful.