The poet Joseph Elia is a notable Syrian voice abroad
The poems of the Syrian poet Joseph Elia are filled with nostalgia in the cultural forums in the expatriate, making him an ambassador and spokesman of the Syrian word in the face of extremism and advocates of hatred.
In an interview with SANA correspondent, the poet Elia talks about his concerns abroad, where he revealed the ugly face of expatriation and how painful it is for a person to be away from his homeland after having been forced to do that, adding that he expresses his concerns through writing dozens of poems about the expatriation of the Syrians.
Elia affirms that love, art and thoughts are the goal of humankind which will only be achieved by exerting utmost efforts and not leaving the stage to extremists and advocates of hate to spread the poisons of their radical ideologies .
The poet Elia relies on thought and culture to fight the advocates of hate because terrorism is the source of thought of some extremists, underling the need to trap and limit the evil of their ideas that destroyed entire homelands by spreading counter terrorism ideas and embracing those that spread hatred in the media outlets.
Regarding his view of poetry, Elia describes it as the mouth and tongue of life which is uttering the sweetest words, likening the poet to the bee that travels from one flower to another in search of eternal beauty.
The poet Elia believes in the interconnection of music with poetry, as it is impossible to imagine poetry in isolation from the rhythm which gives beauty to the structure of the poem and generates a state of singing when it’s read or listened, considering that any deviation from these rhythms and controls affects the poem with “cacophony”.
Elia pointed out that he addressed modernity in his vertical poems without feeling the power of form.
It is noteworthy that the Syrian priest Elia who lives in Germany is from Al-Hasakah. He was honored in some literary forums in Syria, the Arab world and the world. Many Arab singers sang his poems.
Inas Abdulkareem