Happening
moving around
here
and there
WITH HER BLACK EYES
awaits a happening
the little
and red
fish!
Sometimes, there are some cultural codes of which if you are not aware you won’t get the massage. The following poem seems to be an example of this. To help the reader, I feel I need to talk a bit about one of Iranian traditions related to The New Year (or Nowruz, as we call it).
There are different traditions to which Iranians show great respect. Among them I should refer to buying some fish and keeping them till the thirteenth of Farvardin(January). People keep these fish in various glass dishes made in different shapes and colors know as “Tong”. Then, on the 13th day, people go to open places near their cities and try to have fun with other relatives and family members. They release the fish in rivers and pools around. It’s a symbolic action perhaps to say that our feelings are similar to those fish in some sense.Happening
moving around
here
and there
WITH HER BLACK EYES
awaits a happening
the little
and red
fish!
marxred commented on Happening
09-28-2009
lindabrito commented on Happening
09-22-2009
09/22/2009
When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Thirty-fifth President of the USA
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