An evening poetry event titled "When Exile Blooms into Poems" took place today, Monday, at Collage House for Culture and Thought in the Bab Sharqi area of Damascus. The event featured poets Suleiman al-Jijian, Ziad al-Shamalan, Safiya al-Daghim, and Lamees al-Rahbi, who presented texts varying between emotion, longing, homeland, and memory. Participants evoked human experiences where feelings of loss and alienation intersect with attachment to place and hope.
Emotional Diversity and Poetic Imagery
Poet Lamees al-Rahbi presented poems characterized by an intimate language and emotional warmth, evoking feelings of yearning, separation, and longing. Her texts were distinguished by a prominent presence of images of the father, clouds, the Euphrates, and jasmine, making personal memory a window into shared human emotions. For her part, poet Safiya al-Daghim addressed emotional and contemplative themes, moving between questions of existence, alienation, and longing.
Exile and Questions of Wandering
Poet Suleiman al-Jijian evoked images of wandering, exile, broken wings, and the widening night in his poems, using a fluid language with an emotional tone. Through titles such as "In the Port of Wandering," "My Beloved is Ink," and "Revolution in My Blood," human questions intertwined with images of ink, dreams, and memory to capture the trace of experience within the self. As for poet Ziad al-Shamalan, he presented texts in which the image of the Euphrates emerged as a symbol of place and belonging.
Poetry as a Space for Memory and Belonging
The experiences of the participating poets converged in making the poem a space to reclaim the questions and traces left by exile, transforming longing from an individual feeling into an experience open to sharing and contemplation. The evening affirmed the importance of cultural events that allow poets to present their experiences to the public and open the field to diverse voices and perspectives. This reinforces the presence of poetry as a means of expressing humanity and its transformations, and as a bridge for communication between creators and audiences.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
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