{"product_id":"the-silence-that-remains-selected-poems","title":"The Silence That Remains: Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a child, Ghassan Zaqtan lived in a refugee camp near the River Jordan. While that painful experience deeply influenced his poetry, when Zaqtan was awarded the prestigious Griffin International Prize, the judges \"His words turn dark into light, hatred into love, death into life. His magic leads us to the clearing where hope becomes possible, where healing begins across individuals, countries, races.\" When interviewed by PBS for their special on Palestinian poets, Zaqtan said, \"I am not the kind of person who will walk in front of the demonstration. I walk behind the demonstration in order to collect the small things that may fall, whether it's the handkerchief or a child's backpack or a purse.\" This generous volume represents two decades of incandescent creativity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHandkerchief \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNothing's left to say between us\u003cbr\u003eeverything went\u003cbr\u003einto the train that hid its whistle\u003cbr\u003ein the smoke that didn't become a cloud\u003cbr\u003ein the departure that gathered your limbs\u003cbr\u003eNothing's left to say between us\u003cbr\u003eso let your death be\u003cbr\u003ethe insight of dazzling silver\u003cbr\u003eand let the sun of those cities\u003cbr\u003ebe a rose on your shoulders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGhassan Zaqtan is the author of over a dozen books of poetry and fiction, and has edited the poetry journal Al-Soua'ra and the literary magazine of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Bayader . He lives in the West Bank city of Ramallah, where he is the Founding Director of The House of Poetry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peace and Release HK Bookstore 中東伊斯蘭文化雜貨店","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43040238108774,"sku":null,"price":146.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6125\/4246\/files\/IMG_6622.jpg?v=1755970512","url":"https:\/\/peaceandreleasehkbookstore.myshopify.com\/products\/the-silence-that-remains-selected-poems","provider":"Peace and Release HK Bookstore 中東伊斯蘭文化雜貨店","version":"1.0","type":"link"}