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Poetry
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Anthony Fisher
Anthony
Fisher organises, with his wife Valerie, a monthly poetry event
which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2010. The poets and
poetry enthusiasts meet in Salisbury House, a fine 400 year old
building from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, located in
Enfield, a pleasant suburb of London.
A poem from Sumer
This poem
wonders at the origins of written poetry in Sumer and pays
tribute to the world’s first named poet, Enheduanna. She was the
daughter of King Sargon of Akkad and high-priestess at the
temple of the moon-god in the city of Ur in about 2300 BCE.
Lament: Sumer—2300 BC
Once in Sumer
When There Were Gods
The New Inn
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Ghareeb Iskander
Ghareeb Iskander is an
Iraqi poet living in London. He seeks his dreams of Baghdad in
London’s mist, as well as other poetic themes, such as the sea,
exile, strangeness, love and sadness.
Gilgamesh’s Snake
(in Arabic)
Gilgamesh’s Snake
(English trans. M. T. Ali, MCIL) |
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Amal al-Jubouri
Amal al-Jubouri is an
a native of Iraq, now living and writing in London. She is the
author of five collections of poetry in Arabic including
Enheduanna, Priestess of Exile (1999).
Enheduanna
(English trans. Herbert Mason, whose book Gilgamesh: A Verse
Narrative was nominated for the U.S. National Book Award in
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Abdulkareem Kasid
Abdulkareem Kasid was
born in Iraq. He lived in Kuwait, Yeman, Algeria and Syria
before settling in London. He has degrees in philosophy and
translation, and was a teacher for many years.
He has published several collections of
poetry and translated poems from French into Arabic.
Tablets
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Nineb Lamassu
Nineb Lamassu is an Assyrian-Iraqi poet and scholar of
Mesopotamian languages and literature.
Fluent in five languages, the languages Nineb writes in include
his mother-tongue, modern Aramaic.
Truth About Me |
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Anon.
Submitted by Yona Yavana
Unheeded Warning in Emesal |
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