In one poem, this author wrote: "Writing is a puppy biting nothingness / Writing wounds without a trace of blood".
In one poem, this author wrote: "Writing is a puppy biting nothingness / Writing wounds without a trace of blood". The speakers of that poem by him stand "Close to the gardens of broken shadow", where they "cultivate hope". The lines "This is your name-- / a woman said, / and vanished through the winding of a corridor" opens one section of a poem by him that includes the refrain "One day I shall become what I want". The speaker of one poem by this author repeatedly mentions that he has eight (*) children, that he has "a name without a title", and asks "So will you be angry?". That poem by this author of the volumes Mural and State of Siege ends "Beware / Beware / Of my hunger / And my anger" and opens "Write down! / I am an Arab".  For 10 points, name this author of "Identity Card", a Palestinian poet.
In one poem, this author wrote: "Writing is a puppy biting nothingness / Writing wounds without a trace of blood".
Mahmoud {Darwish}