Jahanshah Javid

then

not the first time making a wrong assumption.  Just have fun with your poetry.

شعر نو...شعر کهنه.....شعر خوب؟

 جهانشاه:

داداش بیکار بودی این همه آدمو گذاشتی سر کار؟ به این جماعت بگو بعضی وقتها شعر رو نباید برای معنی اون خوند. من که از این همه مدح سرایی حضرات گیج شدم. خدا نکنه این تبدیل بشه برای مقایسه شعر نو و کهنه.......   

 دستهایم را در وطنم دفن کنید تا برای همیشه خاک خانه ام را در آغوش گرفته باشند. 

I don't if it's me or what...

But contemporary Persian poetry just doesn't have the umpth and depth of the classical genre. Between us, no offense to anyone, after Malaku-Shu'ara Bahar poetry in Persian literature simply goes downhill. To me, most of this material sounds like really cheesey '60s Beat material but in Persian. Berate me all you like, but that's my opinion. Rudaki, Hafiz, Mowlana, Ferdowsi, Jami, Sa'di, Baba Taher, et al, stand head, shoulders and light years ahead of much of what sounds like airheaded, pseudo-existentialist genres of contemporary Persian verse. But then again, I am old school with my Persian literature. That said, I've seen some amazing material come out of the khanaqahs over the years as well...

Ya NUR

Poetry Month?

Thanks Khar. Very kind of you. I'm just expressing feelings. I'm not sure why I'm hesitant to call it poetry.

Oh no...

Monda, 1) Thanks for the thought. 2) Not even close.

JJ,

1) you may hear The Song on youtube one day.

2)  Your Song is a nice match to Shana Yazdi's piece, in case you haven't noticed. 

April is the National Poetry Month!

a new Poet is born on this April day in our home!! Very nicely said Jahanshah Jaan, looking forward to your next poem...

:)

Thank you Laleh, for your sweet note.

The Song of Life

I find it soothing and comforting as if it flows from far to touch the soul. Once it reaches the heart, it simply carries the eternal gift of life. Beautifully done…

Personal

Thank you for your compliments All-Iranians, Anahid and Dr. Noury. I appreciate it, the latter two especially because you write wonderful poetry.

I know this does not have much literary value and I dare not call it a poem. But what can I say... it has personal value for me.

Great Poetry

A true picture of nature and its surrounding. Thanks. 

Nice one JJ, Thanks for your poem.

Dear Jahanshah, nice poem.  By the method that you have used in your poetry, you have let our imagination run wild, thanks.

:=)

I am glad you liked it.that was what i felt immediatley after reading your poem...

Del beh del raah daareh :)

Thanks for the lovely art, Red Wine. I was at the dentist yesterday. There was a poster on the wall, a painting of a harbor with a sailing boat and a bird, just like what you created. Del beh del raah daareh :)

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I like it ...

Moving on ... The Mirror i named it .

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Just feeling...Sea dreams... !

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JJ joon

baz dobareh aashegh shodi?

Very romantic poem. What is the title? A Song?

Don't be so pathetic!

It's a great Nature Poetry. Are you telling us you're worried to write poetry? Don't be so pathetic! It is a very successful attempt. Please keep on composing.

Perfect

Aboli, I'm forever grateful for your beautiful Persian interpretation. True poetry.

کوه، جوی، و خاک

در دل کوهستان

پای هر جوی روان

دسته دسته بچینیم گلی

سر تعظیم به خاک بگذاریم

دستها را بر گردن یار آویزیم

تا از آن، یخ غم زده قلبهامان آب شود

سر را بالا کنیم

چشمک آستاره شب کوب تابان را

در نگاه دوستی دیدن بهتر شاید

و نترسیم و بگوییم:

"حادثه عشق" بهترین هدیه نیاکان است به ما

پاس داریم زیرا

تا ابد خواهد ماند

nice one at that

much better than mine anyway :o)

Not a song, yet

Monda, this is my pathetic attempt at poetry.

who plays this?

in what key does it start? could you play it some day on your Stuff?