Poems by Eileen Elsekampf
Chronique d'une vie par ces murs qui nous habitent
In the chronicle of past time night ...
The absent ...
from "Blackout"
Misery is when ...
Sitting cross-legged on ...
On quarantine! ...
Des bombes et des tombes ...
from "A yellowish pooh vomiting"
Il pleut il tombe ...
Un de plus ...

 

Poem extracted from "Blackout"

On quarantine!
On sécurise la Ligne de Damas
On barbelise le Barbir
On statufie la voix des Martyrs
On verrouille le ciel.
On quarantine!
Radio Liban saturée
Confessions diabolisées
Palais du peuple menotté
Jeunesse court-circuitée.
On quarantine!

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.
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