Reine Abou Antoun is a student I knew in both high school and university; she was a model of morality, kindness, and innocence, and she still embodies many values and social and humanitarian ideals. Her writings are beautiful, illuminating, and promising.
Reine Abou Antoun, amid the billions of people in this world, is a human being above all else, an inspiring poet, bursting with emotion, love, and nostalgia. Her wounds open up with fragrance, warmth, and authenticity, and her heart melts with longing and sincerity, sweetness, and fertility.
Her words are sculpted and authentic, echoing like a fluttering bird that looks around and suddenly takes flight.
Reine Abou Antoun is a distinguished poet in every sense of the word. Her poetry is a delight in its language, melodic in its narrative, and succinct.
She embraces refined spontaneity; her words are filled with the ink and gold of her land, carrying uniqueness and allure in their arrangement, dimensions, connotations, and suggestions.
In short, the poetry of this rising modern poet is a journey to infinite worlds, transcending space, time, and limitation, rich with creative brilliance and the awakening of meanings dwelling in the beyond.
Here’s to more poetry and verses that add glory, love, and dignity to our poetic library. Shukrullah Naimah, November 28, 2023