A Black And White Photograph Poem by Akhtar Jawad

A Black And White Photograph

Rating: 5.0


It speaks and telling a wonderful story,
I see at their faces an immortal glory,
It's reflecting the beautiful old days,
I can understand what their smile says,
We, Dickie and Ivy Durham are leaving behind,
A model that in love a couple should be blind,
A model that in love one should be deaf and dumb,
Neither husband under thumb nor wife under thumb,
I know what they wrote with their tranquil smiles,
Their love story has been recorded in still smiles,
The stillness of smiles touching the beating hearts,
Bringing peace and calmness in the fleeting thoughts,
Can play on the gramophone of heart this old record,
A song, a message, one should honor a conjugal accord,
We passed a wonderful and truly very happy life,
We have been an ideal husband and an ideal wife.
Wish the same to all who can read our immortal joy,
Life is an understanding it's not merely a child's toy.

A Black And White Photograph
Friday, January 3, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: parents
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
My friend Hazel Durham posted a black and white photograph on facebook, her great parents.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kingsley Egbukole 03 January 2020

A picture of love, joy and happiness. Beautiful...10.

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Mahtab Bangalee 09 January 2020

Black And White Photograph a leaf of remembrance of past life now it tells more than itself reality now it describes its before and behind relation Black And White Photograph a crystal clarity or the past life

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Denis Mair 06 January 2020

Indeed that photo embodies story that can can be played on the gramaphone record of any felicity-seeking heart. I love your honey-tongued evocation.

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Unwritten Soul 06 January 2020

Oh Hazel grandparents, they looked lovely... Your words describe it lively. The lines have nice content and rhymes. For that im sure myself they are in bliss, by your writing and photo i believe, but in your talent it sound pleased. Nice writing here :)

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Me Poet Yeps Poet 04 January 2020

A model that in love a couple should be blind, A model that in love one should be deaf and dumb, Neither husband under thumb nor wife under thumb, We passed a wonderful and truly very happy life, We have been an ideal husband and an ideal wife. Wish the same to all who can read our immortal joy, Life is an understanding it's not merely a child's toy. AND LIFE ENJOYED LIKE BOTH WERE TOYS

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Dr Dillip K Swain 04 January 2020

A lovely poem sir! My favorite lines: The stillness of smiles touching the beating hearts/Bringing peace and calmness in the fleeting thoughts. Loved reading this beautiful poem......10/10

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