The Olive Tree Still Grows: A collection of poems

By Amani Saidi

A child learns the sound of bombs before the sound of rain.
A mother buries what the earth returns.
And somehow, the olive tree still grows.

The Olive Tree Still Grows is a poetry collection about homeland, grief, exile, resistance, and the fragile persistence of hope.

Moving through six sections:
1- Roots
2- Unhomed
3- Anger
4- Resistance
5- The Children
6- Hope

These poems explore what it means to love a land that continues to live within us despite destruction, distance, and loss.

This collection speaks of families torn apart by war, children forced to grow up too quickly, inherited memory, and the quiet ways people continue to love despite everything.

For readers of contemporary free verse and emotionally raw poetry, The Olive Tree Still Grows is both a witness and a refusal: a refusal to let names disappear, a refusal to let tenderness die, a refusal to stop hoping.
Part of the proceeds from this book will be donated in solidarity with humanitarian efforts supporting Palestinian children and families.

By holding this book in your hands, you become part of that healing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H12W5LNP
• ISBN13: 9798195866327
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"