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Iran, Freedom of Expression: My freedom of voice
01-Mar-2010
"Freedom is like oxygen. We do not think about it until we do not have it." - Wu'er Kaixi, Chinese freedom fighter
Imagine a devil
Forbidding a rose
To perfume the air.
Imagine a fool
Ripping out the wings
Of a butterfly.
Imagine dark clouds
Cloaking the bright sun
Everlastingly.
I know of roses
Half-dead butterflies
Dark suns and daughters.
I know of fathers
Banning their daughters
To learn read and write
For fear of finding
Them sending love notes
To latent lovers.
What is a flower
Without its display
Of fragrant beauty?
What is a butterfly
Without fluttering
Over pollen grains?
What is a woman
Without her trained mind
Her uncensored tongue?
Born of a shared act
In constant demand
For defence, I prize
My freedom of voice!
©2010, Azadeh Azad
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Thank you
by Azadeh Azad on Wed Mar 03, 2010 06:16 PM PSTDear Darius, Maryam, Yolanda, Marge, divaneh, Red Wine, and benross,
Thank you so much for your lovely comments.
Cheers,
Azadeh
Imagine a fool Ripping out
by benross on Tue Mar 02, 2010 06:20 PM PSTImagine a fool
Ripping out the wings
Of a butterfly.
A fool? Does anybody remember that guy who killed and barbecued one of swans in Hyde Park London?... another proud Iranian if I recall correctly. He is probably now posting in IC!
Beautiful poem Azadeh. Thanks.
یک کلام، زیبا
Red WineTue Mar 02, 2010 05:00 PM PST
اشعار شما همیشه بنده را به وجد میاورد،ساده و بی شیله پیله.... یک کلام، زیبا !
دست بوس هستیم.
Lovely poem
by divaneh on Tue Mar 02, 2010 03:33 PM PSTLiked it very much.
Something about those women and butterflies
by I Have a Crush on Alex Trebek on Tue Mar 02, 2010 03:15 PM PSTThey are too beautiful to fathom. For some, they stand by and admire them. For others, they have to possess it or restrict it. Beauty can do this to people.
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by yolanda on Tue Mar 02, 2010 08:39 AM PSTThank you for your poem. Thank you for mentioning Wu'er Kaixi, the Chinese Uyghur student movement activist, who survived Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989.
Very Nice!
by Maryam Hojjat on Tue Mar 02, 2010 04:25 AM PSTAzadeh Jan, You have great imagination!
Payandeh IRAN & True IRANIANS
Exquisite !
by Darius Kadivar on Tue Mar 02, 2010 03:18 AM PSTBeautiful Azadeh Jaan !