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POET'S CORNER

Saturday 18 September 1999 18:02 EDT
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Unesco contender Ghazi Algosaibi has published 13 volumes of poetry in Arabic, some of which he has translated into English. Here is an example:

YEARNING

The colour of my love?

Consult the sunset.

The taste? Touch flame.

And size? Attempt

the universe.

You swim in my blood,

and pulse in my heart;

you ring in my words,

and cry in my tears.

Escape?

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