Repeating Ourselves 001 — When the Sea became a Wall
Repeating Ourselves: Edition 001
When the Sea became a Wall, written by Saleh, a 17 year old poet from Gaza.
A letterpress printed poem, written by a Palestinian poet, with All proceeds will be shared directly with Saleh & his family, with Medical Aid for Palestinians & with Save the Children
This is the first in a forthcoming series of letterpress poems by Palestinian poets.
Each purchase includes:
1x copy of this editions poem, A4, printed 350gsm Shiro Echo White
1x copy of Repeating Ourselves passage, A5, printed on 200gsm Shiro Echo White
Please note:
These prints will ship out w/c 30th June.
Shipping is auto-calculated at checkout.
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Repeating Ourselves. Summer 2025
It needs to be repeated that this is the first genocide that has happened on our phones. It needs to be repeated that we are capable of watching something for two years without seeing it. It needs to be repeated that even when we have dimly registered the scale of destruction in Gaza, we have not been able to stop it with protests or with boycotts or with letters to the government. We will continue to protest and to boycott and to send letters to the government. It needs to be repeated that an entire population is on the brink of starvation and we know this but can’t get the food past the blockade. It needs to be repeated that our country is deeply implicated in the destruction of Gaza and this weighs on everyone’s psyche, especially because it is so often denied, especially because history is repeating itself.
In this crisis of repetitions, we want to draw attention to poems being written by Palestinians. We want to print them, so they can physically share space with their reader. The first of these poems is by Saleh, a 17-year-old poet from Gaza. He is one of millions who are trying to survive Israel's full-scale assault on a starving people. He has not stopped writing. He is writing in an English that is clearer than ours.
Alice Oswald, Zaffar Kunial, Max Porter & Robert Macfarlane
Repeating Ourselves: Edition 001
When the Sea became a Wall, written by Saleh, a 17 year old poet from Gaza.
A letterpress printed poem, written by a Palestinian poet, with All proceeds will be shared directly with Saleh & his family, with Medical Aid for Palestinians & with Save the Children
This is the first in a forthcoming series of letterpress poems by Palestinian poets.
Each purchase includes:
1x copy of this editions poem, A4, printed 350gsm Shiro Echo White
1x copy of Repeating Ourselves passage, A5, printed on 200gsm Shiro Echo White
Please note:
These prints will ship out w/c 30th June.
Shipping is auto-calculated at checkout.
—
Repeating Ourselves. Summer 2025
It needs to be repeated that this is the first genocide that has happened on our phones. It needs to be repeated that we are capable of watching something for two years without seeing it. It needs to be repeated that even when we have dimly registered the scale of destruction in Gaza, we have not been able to stop it with protests or with boycotts or with letters to the government. We will continue to protest and to boycott and to send letters to the government. It needs to be repeated that an entire population is on the brink of starvation and we know this but can’t get the food past the blockade. It needs to be repeated that our country is deeply implicated in the destruction of Gaza and this weighs on everyone’s psyche, especially because it is so often denied, especially because history is repeating itself.
In this crisis of repetitions, we want to draw attention to poems being written by Palestinians. We want to print them, so they can physically share space with their reader. The first of these poems is by Saleh, a 17-year-old poet from Gaza. He is one of millions who are trying to survive Israel's full-scale assault on a starving people. He has not stopped writing. He is writing in an English that is clearer than ours.
Alice Oswald, Zaffar Kunial, Max Porter & Robert Macfarlane
Repeating Ourselves: Edition 001
When the Sea became a Wall, written by Saleh, a 17 year old poet from Gaza.
A letterpress printed poem, written by a Palestinian poet, with All proceeds will be shared directly with Saleh & his family, with Medical Aid for Palestinians & with Save the Children
This is the first in a forthcoming series of letterpress poems by Palestinian poets.
Each purchase includes:
1x copy of this editions poem, A4, printed 350gsm Shiro Echo White
1x copy of Repeating Ourselves passage, A5, printed on 200gsm Shiro Echo White
Please note:
These prints will ship out w/c 30th June.
Shipping is auto-calculated at checkout.
—
Repeating Ourselves. Summer 2025
It needs to be repeated that this is the first genocide that has happened on our phones. It needs to be repeated that we are capable of watching something for two years without seeing it. It needs to be repeated that even when we have dimly registered the scale of destruction in Gaza, we have not been able to stop it with protests or with boycotts or with letters to the government. We will continue to protest and to boycott and to send letters to the government. It needs to be repeated that an entire population is on the brink of starvation and we know this but can’t get the food past the blockade. It needs to be repeated that our country is deeply implicated in the destruction of Gaza and this weighs on everyone’s psyche, especially because it is so often denied, especially because history is repeating itself.
In this crisis of repetitions, we want to draw attention to poems being written by Palestinians. We want to print them, so they can physically share space with their reader. The first of these poems is by Saleh, a 17-year-old poet from Gaza. He is one of millions who are trying to survive Israel's full-scale assault on a starving people. He has not stopped writing. He is writing in an English that is clearer than ours.
Alice Oswald, Zaffar Kunial, Max Porter & Robert Macfarlane
