I wrote those poems for myself, as a way of being a soldier here in this country. I didn't know the poems would travel. I didn't go to Lebanon until two years ago, but people told me that many Arabs had memorized these poems and translated them into Arabic.
-- June Jordan
   
June Jordan   Name:
June Jordan
Type:
Writer
Nationality:
American
Birth:
July 9, 1936
Death:
June 14, 2002
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