Monday, March 17, 2014

Where can you find her poetry?

Hammad has published several poems and spoken-word poems, five of which you can find at the following websites:
 "Prayer Band"
http://electronicintifada.net/content/prayer-band-palestinian-poet-suheir-hammad-hurricane-katrina/5739
The website includes a riveting poem on the struggle the people in Louisiana had shortly after the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina.

"What I will"
http://feministing.com/2011/05/03/what-i-will-by-suheir-hammad/
This website print of the poem performed in the video above. It is an emotional poem about the turmoil between Israel and Palestine.

"4:02 PM"
http://www.thescreamonline.com/poetry/poetry2-1/hammad/
This website includes a few selected poems by Suheir Hammad. This poem tells the story of the unfortunate daily lives of four women in the projects.

"The Missing"
This poem tells the story of how sadness of a loved one always lingers within us despite how much time that has passed.

"Land"
This poem tells the story of the love man holds for the land that supplies us.

No comments:

Post a Comment