Who gives a voice to the displaced, the exiled, the lost? Someone who attempts to do so in every way is Nathalie Handal. In this poem, The Act of Counting , she takes us on a journey into the depth and breadth of loss that can be experienced by refugees and victims in the wake of cataclysms like the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Within the poem we experience the slipstream of imagery that Handal has a mastery of, as well her uncanny ability to create a genuine voice for others.

You can find a copy of the poem here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/58507/the-act-of-counting

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