Between Your Ribs

I love you darling.The word <i>love</i> try to replace it . . .eventually you will discover love remains the same . . . It cannot be replaced with any word in our world s dictionaries.It is a word with a wonderful mixture of all beautiful meanings.It plays the sweetest melodies rhythms and the underbelly of their range.Somewhere between stormy passion and haunting despair lies a powerful feeling like no other. Love is a complicated emotion one that all of us struggle to understand at one time or another.In her first compilation of poetry in English Palestinian poet Amany Al-Hallaq shares moving lyrical verse that reveals all the passionate emotions that accompany falling in love. With an honest relatable style Al-Hallaq relies on vivid imagery as she takes an unforgettable journey through love comparing the powerful emotion to a sweet mango with its seductive taste smooth skin and magnificent fragrance.Al-Hallaq's poetry eloquently speaks of love through deviant lust a luminous smile and a gentle whisper while positing that through every challenge true love stands strong and able to withstand any storm proving that no matter what it really is sweeter than a mango.