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There are things this poem would rather not say:

There are things this poem would rather not say: 546462 NLFXXX10.1177/1095796014546462New Labor Forum research-article2014 114 New Labor Forum 23(3) There are things this poem would rather not say: By Elana Bell DOI: 10.1177/1095796014546462 We ate labneh and bread in your tents When we had no water we drew it from your well Your camels carried the sand to build our houses you built them—your hands— Fig-tree prickly-pear human-flood You were the wasteland we made bloom —Reprinted by permission of Louisiana State University Press from Eyes, Stones (2012) Elana Bell’s first collection of poetry, Eyes, Stones (LSU Press) won the 2011 Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets. Elana leads creative writing workshops for women in prison, for educators, for high school students in Israel and Palestine, and throughout the five boroughs of New York City, as well as for the peace building and leadership organization, Seeds of Peace. She was a recent finalist for the Freedom Plow Award for Poetry & Activism, an award which recognizes and honors a poet doing innovative transformative work at the intersection of poetry and social change. Elana teaches literature and creative writing at CUNY’s College of Staten Island and curates public art installations with Poets in Unexpected Places. You can visit her web- site at www.elanabell.com. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png New Labor Forum SAGE

There are things this poem would rather not say:

Bell, Elana
New Labor Forum , Volume 23 (3): 1 – Sep 1, 2014
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546462 NLFXXX10.1177/1095796014546462New Labor Forum research-article2014 114 New Labor Forum 23(3) There are things this poem would rather not say: By Elana Bell DOI: 10.1177/1095796014546462 We ate labneh and bread in your tents When we had no water we drew it from your well Your camels carried the sand to build our houses you built them—your hands— Fig-tree prickly-pear human-flood You were the wasteland we made bloom —Reprinted by permission of Louisiana State University Press from Eyes, Stones (2012) Elana Bell’s first collection of poetry, Eyes, Stones (LSU Press) won the 2011 Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets. Elana leads creative writing workshops for women in prison, for educators, for high school students in Israel and Palestine, and throughout the five boroughs of New York City, as well as for the peace building and leadership organization, Seeds of Peace. She was a recent finalist for the Freedom Plow Award for Poetry & Activism, an award which recognizes and honors a poet doing innovative transformative work at the intersection of poetry and social change. Elana teaches literature and creative writing at CUNY’s College of Staten Island and curates public art installations with Poets in Unexpected Places. You can visit her web- site at www.elanabell.com.

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