ON THIS SIDE OF TIME

Philip Terman

We who never know if we will know another year, another day, another hour,   here we are, now, still partaking of the food and the wine and the talk around the table, still saying:  I love you, still distinguishing, despite the soothsayers, the snowf...

A Difficult Year

Abd Y. Lafi

For a year, no less, I had no chance to talk to you. You had no chance to talk to me.   A wall as thick as the ocean when frozen was between us. But I was watching you through that transparent wall like a shadow.   What can I say? Nothing remains in...

Gilgamesh seeks immortality

Prepared by Alia Karim

“Forget death and seek life!”     With these encouraging words, Gilgamesh, the hero of the eponymous 4000-year-old epic poem, coins the world’s first heroic catchphrase . At the same time, the young king encapsulates the considerations of mortality...

The Waves of Souls

Abd Y. Lafi

It is those waves emitted out of your soul, merging with those of mine, that explains it all. Crest to crest, adding up reinforcing each other, to make a giant wave the moment you came to my mind and I felt you. Thank you, waves! Here we meet! So ple...

Rumi after 8 centuries

Abd Y. Lafi

Waves of hatred, a product of evil, destruct waves of innocence, emitted from the eyes of beautiful kids, and broken-hearted girls. It makes you sad, Rumi too big for poetry, too big for tears.   It’s time to leave Balkh again, after all these years,...

Maybe in Another Place

Saad Muhammed Rahim

(trans. Saleh Razzouk, with Scott Minar) Who are you in your opinion? He said holding his bag while his jaw was trembling, after ash poured in his eyes. I reached for his hand but he pulled away, and walked on a slightly lame foot. I yelled at him: I...

Set Me Free

Abd Y. Lafi

You bind my hands, you throw me in the ocean, and yet foolishly say: Do not get wet!   I was born free, with free hands, free brain, so set me free, do not enslave me. Break the chain!   Let me dream! in the name of God, let me dream! Am I allowed to...

Letter

Abd Y. Lafi

Yesterday I received your letter, your first and last letter. Its address, words, and letters are illuminating like a crystal.    I was afraid to kiss the letter, but I kissed it. I was afraid to smell it, but I smelled it, I hugged it, for life rest...

The Republic of Fred Meyer*

Abd Y. Lafi

In 1993 My child was three, attending childcare in Corvallis high**.   A Spanish girl in her teen, was a new student, in that school. She took care of him as part of her childcare class.   With her accent like mine, she said: "I feel I love your kid,...

Talking Steps

Abd Y. Lafi

Slowly you were walking, tired were your steps. They talked. Have you seen steps talking? Your eyes remained still, disturbing me, as you went back and forth. Aren't you afraid of someone watching you? "I am afraid, but what can I do? God knows. May...

معكم هو مشروع تطوعي مستقل ، بحاجة إلى مساعدتكم ودعمكم لاجل استمراره ، فبدعمه سنوياً بمبلغ 10 دولارات أو اكثر حسب الامكانية نضمن استمراره. فالقاعدة الأساسية لادامة عملنا التطوعي ولضمان استقلاليته سياسياً هي استقلاله مادياً. بدعمكم المالي تقدمون مساهمة مهمة بتقوية قاعدتنا واستمرارنا على رفض استلام أي أنواع من الدعم من أي نظام أو مؤسسة. يمكنكم التبرع مباشرة بواسطة الكريدت كارد او عبر الباي بال.

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