Today's Beautiful Gem: `Words' by the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish,
translated by Rana Kabbani.

"When my words were wheat
I was earth.
When my words were anger
I was storm.
When my words were rock
I was river.
When my words turned honey
Flies covered my lips."

Om s'aantih: Peace! - J. K. Mohana Rao

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