Stage Poem by Ahmad Shiddiqi

(dedicated to Jasmine Pinzad)

You’ve been limiting yourself for too long
But you can surely expand and develop
Into the character you’ve born to play

“All the world’s a stage”, said Shakespeare
If the one you’re doing doesn’t suit you
Can you audition for a different role?

Current events challenge you
To widen your own repertoire
And finally get your act together

(inspired by Ravel’s Passacaille: Tres large)