Edna K. Saloomey, the Syrian American poet, essayist, and short story writer, edited the “Our Younger Generation” section of The Syrian World, an English-language magazine dedicated to Syrian American culture. 

Born in the United States, Saloomey is probably one of the earliest Arab American women to publish in English-language journals.

As I mentioned earlier about the poems I have received from my readers, I am sharing a poem today by Edna K. Saloomey, “My Lebanon” - 

I dream of Lebanon by an azure sea; 
Wave-kissed shores, and rocky glades; 
Snowcaps on mountains, glistening gorgeously; 
O sweet-scented pines’ serenades. 

I see a land laden with the fruits of the earth; 
A tropical jewel ablaze 
With myriad flowers and wee children’s mirth. 
Rainbow sunsets prolong their days. 

Purple dusk is tinted by a lustrous moon 
And broidered with a million stars. 
For lullabies—the sea plays a crooning tune 
Of golden notes on silvery bars. 

Blessed of Christ, O, Lebanon, my paeans 
Echo the lyrics of sages. 
Thy beauty is lovelier than gossamer dreams. 
Thy glory shall crown all ages.