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The Grand Library
ISBN978-1-915149-44-2
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Amer Al-Tayeb is an Iraqi poet, born in 1990 in the city of Essaouira / south of Baghdad region. His first collection
(More than Death with One Finger) was published by the Egyptian General Book Organization, followed by his second collection (Standing Alone as Two Trees), which won the literary prize of the General Union of Writers in Iraq in 2018. for under 35’s age group.
His third collection titled (Green Blood Cells), was published in Tunisia by Dar Al-Aminah for Publishing and Distribution, his fourth collection was issued by Khotot Wathelal for Publishing and Distribution in Jordan titled (Not for Chuang Tzu only). And a new collection titled (I will love you next summer and defeat America) was published by Wamda House for Publishing and Distribution, Algeria. He has other collections in print. His poetic texts have been published in many local and Arab newspapers, and some of them have been translated into English, French, Spanish, Kurdish and Persian as well.
When I want to read for Amer al-Tayyib, I prepare all my senses for amazement, uniqueness, temptation, for a language washed up in showers of rain, for that imagination blazing with all that is beautiful, and I say to myself: What a poet! Zolaikha Abu Reeshah, Writer and critic from Jordan
The Grand Library
ISBN978-1-915149-44-2
Without pleasure
Without feeling dazzled, at the end of this day,
its last hour is over and I’m still missing
The rising sun and the companionship of insects,
and aquatic weed and offspring .
Without blame
Without muttering
Without feeling pity for the dead and estranged
Without light
I would stand with my fortune
In a dark corner
Hey you; dark rusty edged lake
Our hollow faces will submerge in our tears
Until we float on the surface!
Amer Alttyeb
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