Chemical Weapons by Saadi Yousef

Saadi Yousef is one of
the most prolific Arab
poets.  He is described
as a revolutionary poet
and has lived most of
his life in exile from Iraq.
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Chemical Weapons

In March, the Kurds were in the tranquility of the impossible
Dresses of Spring,
Faces of Spring, But the singer was dead.
The clouds that descended like black mustard in the lungs,
The clouds that tied the knot of death around the lovely morning,
The clouds that curdled the devil's bread in the pupil of the sunset,
Do you think they will pass through the thicket of cypress
And touch the date palms?



For more poetry by Saddi Yousef please
visit: http://nzpoetsonline.homestead.com/sy12.htm.