Scroll 3 Poem by Ahmad Shiddiqi

Scroll 3

Rating: 5.0


blind princess plucked the black lute
her prayers were suspended in midair
blue boat made its way across the Persian gulf
through a floating blanket of drowned magnolias

I was a ghost in a shipwrecked soul
that overnight had become solemn
I was asking myself
which of us was meaner
you who had gone
or me who had left behind

a late summer was a purer adoration
hand in hand with a closest sweetheart
under plum tree a young poetess
recited a verse from a Book of Faith

(dedicated to a poet friend at poemhunter, Wassila Nader)

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Lynn Glover 08 October 2009

Good poem and a good tribute to Nader. Thanks Lynn

0 0 Reply
Subbaraman N V 08 October 2009

A great scroll 3! Quite enjoyable!

0 0 Reply
Joseph Poewhit 08 October 2009

I like the question of who was meaner.

0 0 Reply
The Lost.. 09 October 2009

first of all i'd like to thank you very much....Umm i don't know what can i say but great poem coz you are the writer and thank you very much...

0 0 Reply
Ruth Walters 09 October 2009

Another cracker....Ahmad Ruthie

0 0 Reply
Philosophy of a DewyFlower 05 November 2009

an original Scroll/ well written poem Ahmad... 10+ Thanks For Sharing!

0 0 Reply
Anthony Foster 21 October 2009

Maybe we are all ghosts in the persons of history but a shipwrecked soul such romance.

0 0 Reply
Sonya Florentino 11 October 2009

i like the first verse....by itself.... as a whole poem.....just that verse alone stands by itself.....

0 0 Reply
Louis Rams 11 October 2009

which one of us is meaner? i think it was the blind princess, great write.

0 0 Reply
Noel Horlanda 11 October 2009

I love the starting point, 'the blind princess plucked the black lute', very imaginative...well done my friend.

0 0 Reply
READ THIS POEM IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Ahmad Shiddiqi

Ahmad Shiddiqi

Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
Close
Error Success