Art for Palestine · Poetry Anthology
Patterns of Return
Poems to Embroider the Revolution
A living anthology of resistance, longing, and love
58
Poems
43
Poets
8
Poets in Gaza
📦 Pre-orders ship Fall 2026
Despite living under genocide, Gazan poets have been relentlessly dedicated to creating art. In the face of erasure, their words become legacies no occupation can tarnish.
About this anthology
From the beginning, tatreez emerged from the core of this anthology. Its initial stitch pierced the fabric of each poem read. Its rich history of creation in response to destruction, of stitching together separate motifs to tell a story in symbols, parallels the explosion of poetry we have received since October 2023.
These poems and illustrations collectively form patterns of return. Although individual threads, when woven together, they become a living story of exile and longing to go back. The pen leaves the page the way a body leaves the land, or a needle leaves cloth. The pen returns to the page the way a soul does, a thread does. There is no leaving without eventually returning.
The anthology represents diverse voices that encompass the breadth and reach of solidarity with Palestine. There is not only suffering. There is beauty, anger, grief, love, humour and triumphant, defiant hope.
Illustrations
Fedaa Boqaileh
Throughout the anthology are a series of illustrations from Fedaa Boqaileh, a Palestinian in the diaspora whose paintbrush is her tatreez needle. Tatreez patterns on the border of certain pages indicate poems from Gaza — telling the story that lies at the heart of this anthology.
All Contributing Poets
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📦 Pre-orders ship Fall 2026