The Icon of Silence and Image

About this book

Between the stillness of "silence" preceding the storm, and the din of the "image" documenting the soul's fractures, Dr. Waseem Nasser appears in his first collection "The Icon of Silence and Image" to open a window onto a world we are not used to seeing with the naked eye. Have you ever wondered how a word can be a homeland for one who lost the road maps? In this work, the poem turns from mere rhymed lines into an "icon" touching forgotten wounds, and expressing those great upheavals that struck the Arab nation and left indelible scars in the poet's conscience. From an environment where sea embraces mountain, and from a rich saturation with Quranic sciences and the philosophies of "Kant" and "Goethe," the poet weaves the threads of his unique human experience. This book is no mere poetry collection, but a literary attempt to mend the world's chaos and order the scattering of days into linguistic molds carrying a tone oscillating between inspiring ambiguity and candid outpour. It is an invitation to the reader to contemplate the purpose of coming, and the struggles of building and demolition dwelling in all our souls. Sail with the poet on his journey not yet ended, where every page is a folding of a memory and a beginning of a new hope, and where meaning always lies behind the silent image. "The Icon of Silence and Image" is the companion of everyone searching for his self amid estrangement's crowd, and for truth in the mirrors of words.