Home / National Book Prize / Unsilenced: Poems for Palestine Poetry Unsilenced: Poems for Palestine Unsilenced: Poems for Palestine is a collection of poems that convey profound emotions and serious reflections on the ongoing situation in Gaza and Palestine since the Nakba. Contributors include voices internationally, each recognizing the urgency and necessity of addressing the inhumane actions perpetrated against Palestine. Haunting verses by poets fluent in the language of death and genocide. Each poem ringsout as a piece of memory, a bridge and a dream. This elegy will stand as a testimonial, a witness, by brave voices exhausted by the deafening silence of a traumatized world. Buy the book Horizons Poetry 2026 John P. Portelli John P. Portelli is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. Besides 11 academic books, he has published 26 literary books in Maltese and English, including several poetry books, two novels, and two short story collections. Some of his literary publications have been translated into Italian, Arabic, Turkish, Farsi, English, Greek, Spanish, Slovenian, and French. Three of his books have won awards from Canadian/American organizations. The poetry collection Here Waswas selected as one of three finalists for the Canadian Book Club Award (2024). The same book was honored with the 2026 Community Choice Award (Brooklyn, USA). His latest books are: La darba ninsa: poeżiji/Once I forget: poems(2026), The Lost Coyote: Poems (2026), the novel L-universita' mafja (2026), and the Spanish translation of Here Was, Aqui Hubo published in May 2026 by BajAmar Editores in Gijon, Spain. NEED ANY HELP? GET IN TOUCH contact us