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The difference between narcissus
and sunflower
is a point of view: the first
stares at his image in water
and says, there is no I but I
and the second looks
at the sun and says I am
what I worship.
And at night, difference shrinks
and interpretation widens.
This Issue
September 25, 2008
Mahmoud Darwish
Mahmoud Darwish, a widely admired Palestinian poet, was the author of more than thirty books of poetry and prose. He died in August, at age sixty-seven. (September 2008)
Fady Joudah
Fady Joudah’s fifth and most recent poetry collection is Tethered to Stars. (October 2021)
This Issue
September 25, 2008
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