On Poetry

"Think not that poetry is a host of rhythms and rhymes

Nor is it some letters we have put into some paper 

Poetry is nothing but tears of the heart agonising

After we have felt deeply pained and pressed."


Chokri Omri 
-( Inspired by Arabic Poetry )-
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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