Poetry time

Author's name: Adonis

Rejection, in itself, is a destructive element. But no radical revolution or civilization comes without rejection preceding and paving the way for it, like thunder before rain. Rejection, alone, allows us, in the civilizational impasse we are experiencing, to hope for the flood that washes away and sweeps away, and for the sun that rises behind its steps. Whoever wants a free and humane future must embrace it and prepare for it with humanity and freedom. Within this horizon, the new Arabic poem is born. It embraces the event and transcends it. It rejects reality the moment it accepts, dialogues with, and lives it. It issues from the farthest reaches of the poet's soul, carrying people with it in its departure and its ascent. Then it ceases to be a mere flute of grief, or a mere mirror of sensitivity. It becomes an expression of the weight of history, its density and burden, in a climate of rejection and nostalgia, of terror and illumination.