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The Masnavi of Giti and Saeed - Footnotes and Glossary Part one

...Literary and Cultural Terms

Masnavi (also Mathnawi): A classical Persian poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets with a continuous narrative. The most famous example is Rumi's Masnavi-ye Ma'nav...

Looking Forward Too

...In the rush to satisfy
                                     one must think of himself
                                        even to quill the need
                                    of pleasing...

Traditionally Incompatible

...In referance to SATB
I didn't know that music lovers often
tell the story from the arrangements
 and pairings to what the composer is sharing
he combination of instruments
don't get along
like ...

The Choice

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Destined for hell, like the devil who fell, I reached out to the One who is brighter than the sun… and Oh, my, see the beauty of God’s Son! – by poet

He owns the world, yet came to...

Trade War

...So now it's official:
there is a trade war
between the U.S. and Canada.
Do we really know what for?

The POTUS claims it's about fentanyl
coming over the border,
but that dangerous chemical ai...

SLAB IS FAB

...SLAB IS FAB

I just found out about the town of Slab City
Well, perhaps it is not really a town as such
It sounds like a mix of Hippie and Wild West
Where a civilisation, in its way, has regress...

Kiss the Ring

...‘Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.’ – Molly Ivins

don’t believe the many bots
dripping fermented honey
extolling the clown’s virtues
Gaz...

Lunar Calendar Valentine day

...2025.2.12.
Chinese Lantern Festival.
Tonight, it is the first full moon of the Lunar Calendar year. 
It is also the end of the CNY's celebration.
It is time to do something different.
The villag...

Shattered dreams of New Canaan

...Shattered dreams of New Canaan

no longer land of the free home of the brave,
original rightful occupants hoodwinked, petrified,
where diseases xeroxed
ambushed, crushed, extinguished,
squashed...

Heaven and Earthworms

...I have given many a thought to what happens when we die, specifically, what happens to our bodies. You have the option to be classically buried, cremated, donated to science. I think I don't want to ...

The Hall of Cynddylan translation by Michael R Burch

...“Stafell Gynddylan” (“The Hall of Cynddylan”) belongs to the cycle of Welsh englyn or englynion (three-line stanzas) traditionally called “Canu Heledd” (“The Song of Heledd”). 

The Welsh “dd” is p...

Jus' My Opinion

...Just my opinion: 
when it comes to poetry, 
right is write what your heart tells you: 

if a theme suggests formless, like most of mine, 
then the form reflects one's norm-less...

and if more...

HOKKU to HIKU a historical sketch -and translation test

...So Japanese
was
the Hokku

  'til the master
came into view

then via Haikai

 on
along  the way

Matsuo Munefusa
  aka
    Bashó
   mastered 
 haiku
a phonetical&cultural
 'onji' *...

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He came from a family of strict Muslims
in the Arab continent, his mother never ventured
out of the house without her Burqa 
His father had a long beard and dressed traditionally
a...

GenieUsGenusPlan

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In the darkness of the night, 
a ruby gleams 
to contrast a slumbered eye awakened 
to feeling, 
reflection, light, 
Lady "Genie", eyes aglow
like a beast, in mid-stride,
lost in her mid...

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