The Tuesday Poem: I Am Guest Editor On The Hub, Featuring Wade Bishop

Today I am the guest editor on The Tuesday Poem Hub, featuring Abdullah, Servant of God by Christchurch poet, Wade Bishop.

Wade Bishop

Wade has kindly provided a background to the poem, which begins:

” Syria was never on my “must see” list when I was traveling, but just happened to be “on the way” when I planned an overland trip from Turkey to Egypt in 1997. … Syria has always been sold as the “hotbed of terrorism”, the home of “tea towel wearing extremists” … I wasn’t sure what to expect.”

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