{"id":104,"date":"2019-12-19T11:44:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T17:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/?p=104"},"modified":"2020-01-07T11:03:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T17:03:17","slug":"a-lebanese-canadian-poet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/2019\/12\/19\/a-lebanese-canadian-poet\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lebanese Canadian Poet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

Why The Nectar of Pain?<\/em><\/p>\n

They asked me,<\/p>\n

How is your soul able to<\/em><\/p>\n

give so much love to <\/em><\/p>\n

this world?<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

I said,<\/p>\n

There is a sweetness in<\/em><\/p>\n

the nectar that<\/em><\/p>\n

bees seek<\/em><\/p>\n

for honey. <\/em><\/p>\n

\n

There is a<\/em><\/p>\n

sweetness in<\/em><\/p>\n

you that<\/em><\/p>\n

every sting and<\/em><\/p>\n

every pain<\/em><\/p>\n

seek<\/em><\/p>\n

to make love. <\/em><\/p>\n

\n

Do not allow your<\/em><\/p>\n

pain to make you<\/em><\/p>\n

bitter.<\/em><\/p>\n

Turn it into<\/em><\/p>\n

the sweet nectar<\/em><\/p>\n

that your soul<\/em><\/p>\n

contains and gives<\/em><\/p>\n

as a sign of<\/em><\/p>\n

strength and resilience<\/em><\/p>\n

after <\/em><\/p>\n

it is shattered. <\/em><\/p>\n

(Zebian, 2)<\/p>\n

Call Number: 892.408 Z41N<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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