A Column By Mehdi Bagheri Eyes Must Be Rinsed I don’t know why they call Horse, a noble being? Pigeon, a pretty bird? And why no vulture is In anyone’s birdcage? Why a clover Is inferior to a red tulip flower? Eyes must be rinsed Something else must be seen Words must […]
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Meditations: Winter
A Column by Lucinda de Leeuw Winter Winters are cold. Winters tend to be drawn and dim and there is little dance between the hours. Winters are painful reminders of what we lost along the way. Winters are memories waiting to happen. Winters are the pennies you hope to find on your midday stroll. Winters […]
Persian Poetry: The Truth
A Monthly Column By Mehdi Bagheri The Truth The fool paid for the fake in hopes of getting the gold For lies don’t emerge without the truth If there was no genuine currency in the world When could spending be done from the forged? When would there be a lie whilst there is […]
Persian Poetry: I know a woman
A Monthly Column By Mehdi Bagheri I know a woman I know a woman Who wants to flutter with passionate ardour So eager But too scared to begin the tour I know a woman Who at a corner in the house Sings about love in the kitchen As she cooks She looks modest and abandoned […]
Meditations: Principled
A Column By Lucinda de Leeuw Principled This will be short. The set of principles I want to share with you this month say everything I’ve been feeling and thinking and wanting to express for the past few weeks. It is packaged succinctly into a list of twenty-five. These are not a prescription or a […]
Persian Poetry: Recalling Youth Days
A Monthly Column By Mehdi Bagheri Recalling Youth Days I’m a tear but have fallen at darling’s feet I’m thorn but have reposed under blossom’s shade Oh, vernal equinox of love! In memory of your fragrance Head bends, downcast like the violets Like dust, I foundered in your atmosphere Like tears, I fell as you […]
Persian Poetry: Journey
A Monthly Column By Mehdi Bagheri Journey I miss you, oh dear Whenever I leave for someplace For the journey, I took Your memories and the loneliness I left for a journey to treat my heart Leaving is not the remedy while you are here I left your court to appease my heart […]
Persian Poetry: Part II
Monthly Column By Mehdi Bagheri Bitter Wine and the Sweet Lips If it is for the sip of wine that the ruby of your lips looks red Why is it that your lips taste sweet but the wine is bitter If the houri`s seat is under the Toobaa’s shade How is it that houris seat […]
Meditations: Let us write letters
A Monthly Column By Lucinda de Leeuw Let us write letters You know how you sometimes want to say a whole bunch of words to someone, but in the age of chats and emojis and gifs, you end up thinking all your words might be overkill? You’re sitting in bed, mulling over thoughts while […]
Persian Poetry: Part I
Monthly Column By Mehdi Bagheri I think of you I hear the hymn of the Trees by the dawn The slow dance of the Wind with the Wintersweets The deep breath of the Anemone by the hillside The commune of the Swallows and the Morning The blushing radiant cheeks of the flowers I hear […]