Nothing poetic about this - shooting on streets of Tehran (video sent to BBC Persia) http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2009/06/090620_og_tehran_shooting.shtml
Many thanks Roxanne - what a wonderfully emotional poem. I've posted it so that it is properly appreciated. Quick question though: Should the 'shrod' read 'shroud'..? I've changed it on the assumption you dropped a letter, but please let me know if shrod is correct and I'll change it back! Thanks again.
What it isn't is connected to post-critical naiveté or other such terms - the title was chosen blind to their existence. And it has no connection with religious faith, something google throws up when searching both words. It is a work-in-progress, and it hovers between critique and optimism. Now do you understand? No, me neither.
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Poem for the Rooftops of Iran - June 19th, 2009
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Nothing poetic about this - shooting on streets of Tehran (video sent to BBC Persia) http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2009/06/090620_og_tehran_shooting.shtml
ReplyDeleteSILENCE, MY SISTER
ReplyDeleteFor every secret sealed in flame,
Each grief engraved without a name,
I'll summon tender truths from shame,
With tears my talisman.
I'll shred the shrod of disbelief
And scatter ashes of relief,
Then weave these words into a wreath
No season can upbraid.
I'll lift the earth into the sky
So fallen stars again will rise;
Your suffering is my battle cry--
You did not die alone.
~Roxanne Ivey
Many thanks Roxanne - what a wonderfully emotional poem. I've posted it so that it is properly appreciated. Quick question though: Should the 'shrod' read 'shroud'..? I've changed it on the assumption you dropped a letter, but please let me know if shrod is correct and I'll change it back! Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteYes, it should certainly read "shroud" instead of "shrod." Thank you for alerting me of the error and, of course, for appreciating the poem!
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