Monsoon Diary by Joseph Woods John Gallas Bilingual English/Arabic edition translated by

Bilingual English/Arabic edition translated by Stephen Watts and Marga Burgui-Artajo

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before the spill/of light and russet/falls down to her waist’

outrageous flouting of convention and subversive humour are now fully and flagrantly displayed in Scenes from a Long Sleep

and everyday miracles on the other

Monsoon Diary by Joseph Woods John Gallas Bilingual English/Arabic edition translated byBetween the birth of the poets daughter and the deaths of his parents, the poems in Monsoon Diary attempt to make sense of the world, from a mid life flight from home en famille to new perspectives on both the past and the future. Monsoon Diary strikes an often elegiac tone, betraying a growing awareness of mortality and the many losses that come with age. But it also bears witness to a country transitioning from dictatorship to democracy, finds the