Mohammad J Fakhreddine

Diwan of Degeneration Mohammad J Fakhreddine

Diwan of Degeneration is a collection of poems by the Lebanese poet Mohammad J. Fakhreddine. It tackles many themes mostly related to our everyday relationship with time and "degeneration." An excerpt from the poem "Motherly Goodbyes": Make the moon blush before it dies, Raise your eyes up to the night skies. Heavens will fall into the sea, And the moon will no longer be, And the stars will burst and fall down: In their dust you shall not see frowns. In their dust you shall not see smiles, For you are embraced by goodbyes, Embraced by motherly goodbyes. We live in motherly goodbyes. You are the motherly goo