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		<title>Book review: Tea with Arwa by Arwa El Masri (biography)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tea with Arwa: One woman’s story of faith, family and finding a home in Australia by Arwa El Masri Hachette Australia, 2011 RRP: $35.00 Arwa El Masri’s biography Tea with Arwa is an evocative story of a migrant finding a home, a Muslim woman exploring her faith, a love story, a cookbook and an educational [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amrapajalic.com&amp;blog=5723588&amp;post=1305&amp;subd=amrapajalic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Writing: Chasing the Trend</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I find visiting bookstores these days a depressing experience. When I look at the young adult shelves all I see is paranormal books. It’s either vampires, angels or fairies; not to mention the odd troll. While I love paranormal novels, I also think there needs to be a place for books about realistic themes. While [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amrapajalic.com&amp;blog=5723588&amp;post=1301&amp;subd=amrapajalic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poem: Bottle or Breast #mop12</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bottle or Breast &#160; Bottle or breast You know what’s best Pureed or canned Use what’s at hand Childcare or career Ignore the jeers In eighteen years All your fears Will be for nought Love can’t be bought If they come home When your job is done You know you’ve been An excellent Mum In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amrapajalic.com&amp;blog=5723588&amp;post=1291&amp;subd=amrapajalic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poem: Scar tissue #mop12</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scar tissue &#160; You flay me with your words gouging my flesh to ribbons with your whip-like tongue leaving scars that you pretend not to see, but that I always feel. Every time I dress I see them, little white lines criss crossing my back a map marking our relationship. Each time you whip me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amrapajalic.com&amp;blog=5723588&amp;post=1289&amp;subd=amrapajalic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poem: Eat Child Eat #mop12</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eat Child Eat &#160; As I feed you child I lose my pride as I beg and plead desperate to succeed. ‘Swallow,’ I shout as you wallow, but you hold out and keep the food that you chewed in your mouth. I lose my youth and grow old as I scold chase you about while [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amrapajalic.com&amp;blog=5723588&amp;post=1287&amp;subd=amrapajalic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poem: Weightless #mop12</title>
		<link>http://amrapajalic.com/2012/01/26/poem-weightless-mop12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weightless Soft water embraced us you floated weightless in my arms beautiful blue eyes gazing into mine, a moment of grace descended, humbled and awed to be your mother your love lifted my flawed and broken spirit and I floated weightless and perfect beside you   Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Month of poetry, poetry<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amrapajalic.com&amp;blog=5723588&amp;post=1286&amp;subd=amrapajalic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poem: Almost a poem #mop12</title>
		<link>http://amrapajalic.com/2012/01/25/poem-almost-a-poem-mop12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost a Poem &#160; The aim was to write a poem every day of January Day 25 and 24 poems are done I wanted to win the crown And make it to thirty one But now all I do is frown This blog was my sanctuary Now it’s my ball and chain Maybe I should [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amrapajalic.com&amp;blog=5723588&amp;post=1279&amp;subd=amrapajalic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poem: We sleep #mop12</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We sleep You lie on my arm Curled against my side Your breath on my skin Together we sleep &#160; You lie on me Stomach against stomach Your head on my breast Together we sleep &#160; We spoon One arm is your pillow You hug the other to your chest Together we sleep &#160; I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amrapajalic.com&amp;blog=5723588&amp;post=1276&amp;subd=amrapajalic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poem: The plague of words #mop12</title>
		<link>http://amrapajalic.com/2012/01/23/poem-the-plague-of-words-mop12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One day I’m a genius The next day I’m a hack Some days I want to go back And not write that first word But this caper is addictive Sometimes it’s restrictive It’s words that I am infected with, Even when I get rejected I go back and try again Words invade my brain Spill [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amrapajalic.com&amp;blog=5723588&amp;post=1274&amp;subd=amrapajalic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poem: Wardrobe #mop12</title>
		<link>http://amrapajalic.com/2012/01/22/poem-wardrobe-mop12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From floor to ceiling, ceiling to floor All I can see is your lovely door I carefully fold and hang my clothes And nevermore suffer woes As I search here and there Pulling apart my house everywhere On castors gracefully you glide And my secrets successfully you hide Since you’ve come into my life I’ve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amrapajalic.com&amp;blog=5723588&amp;post=1272&amp;subd=amrapajalic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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