19 Varieties of Gazelle : Poems of the Middle

This National Book Award finalist features a stunning collection of poems about the Middle East, family, peace, and what it means to be Arab-American.

Section One

1

(84)

Different Ways to Pray

3

(3)

My Father and the Figtree

6

(2)

What Kind of Fool Am I?

8

(1)

Going to the Spring

9

(2)

Biography of an Armenian Schoolgirl

11

(3)

The Words Under the Words

14

(2)

Spark

16

(2)

The Man Who Makes Brooms

18

(2)

The Garden of Abu Mahmoud

20

(2)

Her Way

22

(2)

The Clean Rinse

24

(1)

For Mohammed on the Mountain

25

(5)

Passing the Refugee Camp

30

(5)

Lunch in Nablus City Park

35

(3)

Arabic Coffee

38

(2)

Red Brocade

40

(2)

Steps

42

(2)

Prayer in My Boot

44

(2)

Things Don't Stop

46

(4)

Even at War

50

(1)

The Grieving Ring

51

(2)

For the 500th Dead Palestinian, Ibtisam Bozieh

53

(2)

Those Whom We Do Not Know

55

(3)

Visit

58

(1)

The Palestinians Have Given Up Parties

59

(4)

The Small Vases from Hebron

63

(2)

Darling

65

(3)

Fundamentalism

68

(1)

My Grandmother in the Stars

69

(1)

Rock

70

(3)

Praying for Wind

73

(7)

Olive Jar

80

(3)

They Dropped It

83

(2)

Section Two

85

(54)

19 Varieties of Gazelle

87

(3)

Arabic

90

(2)

Jerusalem

92

(2)

Holy Land

94

(2)

Half-and-Half

96

(2)

Stain

98

(1)

My Uncle's Favorite Coffee Shop

99

(3)

A Definite Shore

102

(2)

Two Countries

104

(1)

The Tray

105

(1)

The Many Hats of William Yale

106

(2)

What News Are You Listening To?

108

(1)

Staying Close

109

(1)

Ducks

110

(2)

The Address Book of a Lonely Man

112

(2)

Footfall

114

(3)

Trenches and Moats and Mounds of Dirt

117

(2)

What He Said to His Enemies

119

(1)

Peace

120

(2)

How Long Peace Takes

122

(2)

A Single Slice Reveals Them

124

(1)

Stone House

125

(3)

Jerusalem Headlines 2000

128

(2)

Mr. Dajani, Calling from Jericho

130

(3)

All Things Not Considered

133

(3)

Blood

136

(3)

Postscript

139

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19 Varieties of Gazelle : Poems of the Middle East

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