Stones Have Hearts Poem by Yasmin Khan

Stones Have Hearts

Rating: 5.0


Stones too have hearts, they speak
Talk, feel and when carved they bleed
They are treasure troves, books and tomes
They are palaces, pyramids, graves and domes
They are Ozymandias, Abou el Hol(Sphinx) , dieties
In them Time's frozen, they're history,
They're erudite, scholars and visionaries
Man not only lives in flesh, he breathes in alabaster
In marble, in onyx, in travertine too, alive in sculptor
Stones inhale and exhale, are projective, receptive
Healing, soothing, kindle love, dreams and visions
Arn't they strong, outgoing and forceful?
Or calm, inward and peaceful?
Being lifeless induce fertility, growth
Neither taste Life nor Death, yet grace both

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Shahzia Batool 25 February 2014

A unique write up, as stones are always used to indicate the heartlessness or hardheartedness but you have infused breath and tenderness in stones by your choice words...a different thought, thoughtfully composed! Yasmeen Khan!

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Brian Johnston 01 March 2014

Any poem that imputes (God's) grace to a stone rates a 10 in my book. I can personally vouch for skills as visionaries (but you do have to learn their language) . Were you aware Yasmeen, that stones have revealed to us that the magnetic North Pole and South Pole are going to switch places in the near future?

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Nasarudheen Parameswaran 06 March 2014

A beautiful poem wherein I visualize a stony - heart too pulsating with love for something.

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Valsa George 24 January 2014

A very unique thought on the sculptered monuments and other marvels of stone! Yes, within each stone, there is an angel, a Venus or a David veiled! Stones are also palaces, pyramids, graves and domes! Enjoyed this poem with a difference in looking at things! !

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S.zaynab Kamoonpuri 29 January 2014

Makes me think of the most sacred, beloved and most kissd stone, the Hajre Aswad in Mecca in Kabah. A fabulous stony poem! Kudos.

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Colonel Muhamad Khalid Khan 03 December 2014

Being lifeless induce fertility, growth Neither taste Life nor Death, yet grace both A beautiful poem on stones with hearts.Wonderful idea communicated very nicely.Well done Col Muhammad Khalid Khan

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Khalida Bano Ali 13 September 2014

Beauty and art have no limitations. Love is the soul of beauty and art. God is love and beauty. A beautiful poem.

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Akhtar Jawad 24 June 2014

You are right Yasmeen, I saw Taj Mahal on my twentieth birthday, This amazing beauty spoke to my heart and very soon I relied to the white marble. You wrote a nice poem,

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Nasarudheen Parameswaran 20 April 2014

A poem that bring out the sigh of silent stones

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Adheez Van Der Beanthz 24 March 2014

yes, a unique thought makes this poem so interesting your creativity is awesome and i love to read this again and again thanks for sharing

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