Poetry

This Moment

In an infant’s crying,
In a hammer’s pounding,
In a river’s thundering roar,
In a mother’s teardrops,
In a friend’s hand reaching out,
In a stranger’s heartfelt smile,
In a night’s union of moon and
His mistresses, a thousand anxious stars >>>

Club Foot

Now
Her name is Nora
She is 7 months old.
She moves her little feet
90 degrees inward and back to straight
with complete flexibility >>>

طلایع

پیشتازان
خطرگرانند،
از جَـنمی برتر
که در آوردگاه شدائد
سازشگرانه نزیستند >>>

رنگ علف

های که من مرتکب خبط دگر نمیشوم
باز در این مبارزه خاک به سر نمیشوم
شعار مرگ و زندگی برای کس نمیدهم
اسیر زنده مرده‌ی یک دو نفر نمیشوم
>>>

The Face of Tomorrow

The end persists
In few words
Nothing matters anymore
Desperation drags feet
And I see you fading at a distance where
The border of Fall and Spring turns into dust
Day appears, in disguise
Taking shadows in its strides >>>

Ballerina

For whom do you wake up
to stretch your aches
on the creaking floor?
And late at night, after
the exhausting routine,
who reaches out to applaud
when you close your front door?
>>>

در هیهات ناگزیری واقعه

خیلی غصه می خورم
چکنم؟
در این رواق غریبه،
به کوچ ِ راویان حماسه های کهن
درنگریستن
- حتا، اگرچه به َرسم توالی فصل-
اندیشه ی قشنگی نیست >>>

On the way back from a funeral

The straw man
reduced and thin
smokes a cigar
gobbles down a cup of soup
spits and lives
lost a limb to a bomb
his stomach to cancer
his right eye to a stray bullet >>>

Candlelight

One night in the darkness of his pain
Said butterfly to the candle flame
I come to you
From near or far
You burn the velvet of my wings
I love you still >>>

Nights in Laguna Hills

Flickering lantern lights,

Dancing butterflies,

A nervous mist settling in,

Night softening smooth Jazz, >>>

She

Is there anything more dreadful than a cold grey November day?
What could brighten it?
Really?
How about a ray of sunshine, bundled in a soft pink blanket?
That will do nicely – I say!
Within moments of emerging from the warm womb
The arrival of my one and only niece
The little sausage >>>

Dining Table

How beautiful you are, table!
You let us look at one another's eyes
And taste one another's joy.  
Hands and spoons,
Bites of bread,
And sips of water,
And the sound of friendship of glasses >>>

عشق مدیترانه ای

دریا که آرام است چیزی کم دارد
چیزی شبیه عشق مدیترانه ای
و عشق
این ژنی که در سلولهای من
هر روزه متولد می شود
مانند آونگی میان دو هیچ >>>

حرامزاده

سلام ایران!
من دختر حرامزاده ی توام
پدرانم را می شناسم
ناصرالدین شاه و ملیجکانش
و مادرانم
زنان گیس بریده ی اندرونی ها >>>