Fusion #12: Archive

Palestinian poets and poets from the back issues of the Schooner collaborate on a special portfolio of poetry exploring the theme of “Archive”…

visual art by Nidal El Khairy

Palestinian Suite

Introduction
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

Four Illustrations
Nidal El-Khairy



“… I offer you this Palestinian archive of poems, a record of repeated exiles, of ongoing Nakba, a collection of poems that scrutinize the language rife with hierarchies aimed at undoing us.”

Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, from the introduction

Poetry

Inheritance

By leena aboutaleb

Poetry

When the Arab Apocalypse Comes to America

By George Abraham

Poetry

Before Gaza, a Fall

By Ahmad Al-Mallah

Poetry

Immortal Sea, Your Sea

By Zeina Azzam

Poetry

“It Was Not Yesterday But Today”

By Olivia Elias

Poetry

THE FIGS ARE MOLDING

By Summer Farah

Poetry

Dear […]

By Fady Joudah

Poetry

POEM WITH GENOCIDE IN THE TITLE

By Emily Khilfeh

Poetry

Untitled with a line from Etel Adnan

By A.D. Lauren-Abunassar

Poetry

Let The Naïve Know How We Envy Them

By Sara Abou Rashed

Poetry

Sun Theater Sonnets

By Deema K. Shehabi

Poetry

Abjadarian* in Autumn

By Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

Poetry

SEA LEGS

By Priscilla Wathington

Poetry

A Certain Resilience

By Issam Zineh

Schooner Suite

Introduction
Siwar Masannat

Five Artworks
Sarah Rowe



“Archives and archiving can offer poetic material and process for articulating presences and histories and trajectories tethered to truth.”

Siwar Masannat, from the introduction

Poetry

Resurrection

By ‘Gbenga Adeoba

Poetry

The Book of Sumud

By Anne Champion

Poetry

What Remains

By Margaret Chula

Poetry

Hived Bees in Winter

By Laura Da’

Poetry

Métis

By Natalie Diaz

Poetry

Anger

By Cornelius Eady

Poetry

For Despina

By Marilyn Hacker

Poetry

The White Sea

By Mondo we Langa

Poetry

Get Up, Go AWOL!

By Linda Hogan

Poetry

“The Killing State”/The Murdering State

By John Kinsella

Poetry

On the Levitation of Beautiful Objects

By Karen An-hwei Lee

Poetry

Cenotaph

By Valzhyna Mort

Poetry

Every Day

By Omar Sakr

Poetry

Blood

By Patrick Sylvain