Repeating Ourselves III. Autumn 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 over two years without seeing it. It needs to be repeated that even as we have differently registered the scale of destruction in Gaza, we have not been able to stop it with protests or with boycotts. It needs to be repeated that we will continue to protest and to boycott, even if we face arrest. It needs to be repeated that the "ceasefire" has not stopped the killing. It needs to be repeated that our country is deeply implicated in the destruction of Gaza and the intensifying illegal occupation of the West Bank, 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. At a time when Palestinian voices are ignored or violently silenced, and the global architects of the genocide loudly congratulate one another, the third poem we are sharing is ‘Palestine Still Lives’, by Sarah, who is a 13-year-old poet from Gaza. Her mother has multiple sclerosis, so Sarah looks after the whole household. They can't get medication for her mother and can't evacuate her. Sarah has not stopped writing. She is writing in an English that is clearer than ours.
Each purchase comes with an A4 print of Sarah’s poem also comes with an A5 print of 'Repeating Ourselves III'.
Prints will ship out in w/c 24th November.
All proceeds will be shared directly with Sarah & her family, & with
Doctors Without Borders.
This is the third in a series of letterpress poems by Palestinian
poets, sourced through The Hands Up Project. Please feel encouraged to
share/re-post, as a way of lifting up Palestinian voices.
Repeating Ourselves III. Autumn 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 over two years without seeing it. It needs to be repeated that even as we have differently registered the scale of destruction in Gaza, we have not been able to stop it with protests or with boycotts. It needs to be repeated that we will continue to protest and to boycott, even if we face arrest. It needs to be repeated that the "ceasefire" has not stopped the killing. It needs to be repeated that our country is deeply implicated in the destruction of Gaza and the intensifying illegal occupation of the West Bank, 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. At a time when Palestinian voices are ignored or violently silenced, and the global architects of the genocide loudly congratulate one another, the third poem we are sharing is ‘Palestine Still Lives’, by Sarah, who is a 13-year-old poet from Gaza. Her mother has multiple sclerosis, so Sarah looks after the whole household. They can't get medication for her mother and can't evacuate her. Sarah has not stopped writing. She is writing in an English that is clearer than ours.
Each purchase comes with an A4 print of Sarah’s poem also comes with an A5 print of 'Repeating Ourselves III'.
Prints will ship out in w/c 24th November.
All proceeds will be shared directly with Sarah & her family, & with
Doctors Without Borders.
This is the third in a series of letterpress poems by Palestinian
poets, sourced through The Hands Up Project. Please feel encouraged to
share/re-post, as a way of lifting up Palestinian voices.
