Friday, January 25, 2008

Snow no?

heroic birds on twisted twigs
green anthems fragment my nonchalance
cutting my breath into tiny stories
the whole life becomes a mirage
snow white pebbles i collect
and rich, tough thorns i dread
distant bridges stitching those disconnected
all worth a dime dig out jewels

Snow in Baghdad after about 100 yrs! NYtimes says, "A welcome change of conversation for the Iraqis"

2 comments:

Nitwit said...

i wish i was in bag-dad ;)

shekhooraja said...

Lovely lines. Bit more connection between then would have been great.

But lines as such are lovely

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