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Iran summer of 2009: Olympiad of images in our minds
Everyone knows in year 2009, there is no Summer Olympics to join,
But, there is one Olympiad in this odd year with its own words to coin
These days, there is an Olympiad in our minds of image MORE >> |
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Candle's Dance
Sometimes I say things which I later regret
Just yesterday I told a friend to find a good job to get
“In this day and age, makes sense to help people manage their loans
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Persian or Iranian
When someone asks me about my backgroundTo the curious mind, I don’t say a Persian kind
I am not Persian like a lovely cat or lamb
Neither Persian like summer cucumber or melonMORE >>
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Lullaby for everyone
Cute little boy don’t cry, please be strongYour dad will not stay in prison for long
For now, you miss him; you have lost your guide
But in time, he will be free and grow old with you beside MORE >> |
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Happy 2009!!!
Look beyond in onder Skies, thru the hills and valleys, rivers and lake..
Listen with heart, close your eyes you will hear the chimes and singing of the birds;
A New day breaks, the dawn of ho MORE >> |
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Homeland Is My Identity
Here is a fragment of the famous poem of Homeland composed by American author Jack London (12 January 1876-22 November 1916):
Beautiful homeland, my own dear homelandDeep in my heart dwells a l MORE >> |
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My Iran
POEM OF MY IRAN IN ENGLISH
I asked myself to find out clearly
Where and whom I love most dearly?
The answers came in right after my demand
I love my country, my beautiful homeland
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All Night Long
All night long it rained
all night long
bare , free
the stars dropped
like the tear drops of lead
and the sky was getting drier by each second...
All night long
trees wer MORE >> |
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ShShShSh.....
It’s once again the seemingly shining Showtime in the shelters,mocked up by the schittering charlatans and schmoozing schiesters;As the culprits continue shedding their shivered shellacings and s MORE >> |
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This Is New
i see you in my dreams
like a lover returning to his beloved
without warning
but with the assurance that his presence
will evoke nothing but joy
your voice shakes my heart
surpassin MORE >> |
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Poetical Touchstones of Mohammad Taghi Bahar
Poetical Touchstone, a short quotation from a recognized poetic masterpiece, has been employed as a standard of instant comparison for judging the value of other works. The term Poetical Touchsto MORE >> |
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Wind Brings, Wind Takes
Do not torment me, oh windWith your restless remembranceOf menacing soft whispers
It is not fair to make be wanderDancing in fantasies and illusionsOn the faint melody of mercy
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The Four Quarters Of The Old City
the desertification of our planet approaches slowlybut like our own deathit comes steadily and with promiseyet wise men and womenholy souls who all cry faithhang on to their cornersat opposite en MORE >> |
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Permission
Though it is so airless in here, You cannot breathe freely.You must ask to breathe;You need permission, an okay.You cannot move your body forth and rear.You are not even allowed to take your own MORE >> |
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L=The Markov Chain
It was an evening in June
When like a monsoon
Liberation came (with the capital L)*
With a single name (for which I fell)
Though now a different moon
Has come so soon
It remains the MORE >> |
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The Walls of A Town
If you want to know the heart of a townYou better read,What in its walls have been written down?If the walls are blankAnd deliver no message for today or tomorrowPeople there are frightened and i MORE >> |
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Aphyllous
Why is her smile
An aphyllous tree,
A girl who pulls up
The sides of her dress?
I can’t paint her love
On her rough surface,
With the corners of her lips
Held up with needles
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Life As Composed By Various Poets
Here is a selection of poems about LIFE as composed by various poets:
1. LIFE FLIES
By Omar Khayyam (Famous Iranian Poet)
Translated in English: Edward FitzGerald
Oh, come wit MORE >> |
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I Feel for You
You suffer
We surf
You scream
We can't hear
You fight
We live
You bleed
We contemplate
You are jailed for showing hair
We continue on, it' MORE >> |
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Jeers for Senator McCain
Jeers for Senator John McCain!The “Maverick” Republican senator John McCain of Arizona, thinking that he is smart enough to replace George Bush in 1908 has proposed Bombing Iran to continue Georg MORE >> |
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