Resurrection of a Dream

(In solidarity with the people of Palestine)

From the rubbles of the towns

From the ashes of the dead

We are born again.

In Bethleham we are born

In Gaza we are born

In West Bank we are born

In Ramallah we are born

You roar through the creaking canons

That you’ve engineered with great effort

You swagger through the mighty tanks

That you’ve accumulated with all your wealth

Unfortunately,

They mercilessly kill anyone they confront

Indiscriminate of the Israelis and the Palestinians

Or any insects or the humans

You tossed the death’s ruthless hand

And invited a harrowing toll

The same long suffering

But powered us with more resilient souls

We yearn for the history to reveal

The truth of our trials

And we have enough moral courage

For a resolute rise!

Brief Bio

Keshab Sigdel is the author of Samaya Bighatan (‘Dissolution of Time’, 2007) and Colour of the Sun (Poesis, 2017). He has edited Madness: An anthology of world poetry (RedPanda Books, 2023) featuring 297 poets from 101 countries/territories. He also edited a volume of Nepali poetry, An Anthology of Contemporary Nepali Poetry (Big Bridge, 2016). His recent work of translation Shades of Color (Nepal Academy, 2021), is a collection of indigenous Nepali poetry. Besides poetry, he also writes fiction, literary essays and plays. He is the Editor of Poetry Planetariat, a global poetry magazine published by World Poetry Movement. He also co-edited Of Nepalese Clay, literary journal of the Society of Nepali Writers in English and Rupantaran, a journal of translation published by Nepal Academy. Sigdel teaches Poetry and Literature of War, Conflict and Trauma at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu.

Email: keshab.sigdel@gmail.com