Eyes, Stones by Elana Bell, winner of the Walt Whitman Award, is a debut collection with two voices -- two sides of the Palestinian-Israeli struggle -- that demonstrates not only the pride of Palestinians, but also the pride of Israelis in their home. The initial poem, "The Dream," (which could be a preface to the following three sections) establishes the somber tone for the book, but it also cautions that choices must be made in dreams even as they must be made when awake. A sentiment that is echoed again in "Notes from the Broken Notebook (part one): "cover your mouth, you'll still inhale the gas/dance in the shadow of the concrete wall/tell yourself the tiles are not bones/
Eyes, Stones by Elana Bell
Eyes, Stones by Elana Bell
Eyes, Stones by Elana Bell
Eyes, Stones by Elana Bell, winner of the Walt Whitman Award, is a debut collection with two voices -- two sides of the Palestinian-Israeli struggle -- that demonstrates not only the pride of Palestinians, but also the pride of Israelis in their home. The initial poem, "The Dream," (which could be a preface to the following three sections) establishes the somber tone for the book, but it also cautions that choices must be made in dreams even as they must be made when awake. A sentiment that is echoed again in "Notes from the Broken Notebook (part one): "cover your mouth, you'll still inhale the gas/dance in the shadow of the concrete wall/tell yourself the tiles are not bones/