is a poet born in Baghdad in 1944. He settled in France after living in London and Vienna.
I lend an ear to the blood
to the dust of Mahomet
with his two arms open wide
I lend an ear to the helicopters' rotors
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Those whose trajectory
traverses the palm grove of names
Those whose soul's reflection
...
The river shall flow
and those ones shall then take
without being seen
the antidote and the absences,
...
We were children in search of happiness
happiness in search of children
we were the antithesis of a world
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