Parvin

Shabnem
July 17, 2007
iranian.com

My poet
Is a
Diaspora of

Scattered souls
Yearning with Dardedel of melodical Ghazels
Reinventing a cut-down realm of longings

Among the Persian Pleiades
Luminous than the Sun
Enchanting the maidens' unaided-eyes

My poet
Is a
Diaspora of

A home
remembered
by all Diasporas

Because I
will not
forget
Pack my poet's dreams
Parvin, a scientist with a poet's heart.

February 23, 2007

* Dardedel: "heart to heart talk"
* Ghazel: "the traditional format of Persian love poetry"
* Parvin: "the Pleiades" in Persian. The seven principal poets of Persia, known as "The Persian Pleiades"