Vieraskynäteksti: Hodan - Summertime ja Repose runot

Hodan on terveydenhoitaja, jolla on intohimo kirjallisuuteen. Runous on hänelle uusi kirjallisuuden muoto, joka tuo hänelle itseilmaisua, reflektointia ja iloa.

Summertime

The birds, the trees,

the skies, the breeze.

the grass, the green

the air is clean

the warmth, the sun

it has begun

the storm, the rain

the sweat, the stain

the forest, the fire

the heat, goes higher

the tick, the virus

the season, upon us

The sun shining too brightly on my face, what a beautiful problem

Repose

My heart yearns for a full nights sleep.

I feel my spirit pulled down to a soft depth. My eyelids carrying two elephants, my feet cold as icepacks. My muscles soft like liquid. Im planning what pleasant vision I will dream about. To an unvisited land colored by my imagination.

I wake up to the taste of my dream still on me, temporarily unplugged from the world. I lift up my head to see my window, sun peeking through the trees. Trees swaying to the flow of Gods choosing. How lucky am I to have experienced this slice of calm and peace, this rebirth?

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HODANIN KIRJAVINKIT

"Nämä kirjat ovat olleet minun lukulistalla tänä vuonna." From a Crooked Rib - Nuruddin Farah

100 Years' War on Palestine - Rashid Khalidi

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head - Warsan Shire