Memory and Creation / Lebanon

Poem - Eileen Elsekampf

Poems by Eileen Elsekampf

Poem extracted from "Blackout"

Misery is when
You always thought your country
The slum you lived in.

Misery is when
Your Phoenician ancestors
Started a game out.

Misery is when
You helped the Palestinians
To steal your Beyruth.

Misery is when
Help to swim the Awali
You end a drowned man.

Eileen Elsekampf

Eileen Elsekampf is a former teacher at the Lebanese University of Zahle and Saida. She holds a Ph.D in French Literature on E.A. El Maleh's works.