Yahia Lababidi

Yahia Lababidi, Egyptian-Palestinian, is the author of 11 books of poetry and prose.  His latest is a collection of political, cultural and spiritual aphorisms, Quarantine Notes (Fomite Press, 2023).  You can receive daily contemplative quotes from Lababidi's books, by subscribing here:  Daily Wisdom Texts

Hymn

If there were more than one of meI'd shave my head and grow my beardI'd be a Doctor of Theology
In great coat of myth, impermeable to ridiculeI'd raise my voice and singhymns to the Unknown God…
at last, renounce words and selfoccupy an eye, to better seein silent awe, peripherally.

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