Sayed Gouda Poems

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1.
Nets

Every morning,
I cast my nets into the river.

Every evening,
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2.
To You What You Wish

to you what you wish from the sky
the wind is your home
the clouds are the call of your dream
wherever you fly
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3.
The Old House

There used to be some broken steps
in the house long ago.
i played on them when i was small.
How often i slid on the banister in innocent play!
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4.
At The End Of The Night

Maybe the one who came scurrying
at the end of the night
to knock on our door, humble,
begging for a piece of bread,
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5.
My Great Grandfather Ii: Just Like Before

When i came home in the evening,
the house was a well,
a dwelling for the wind,
that is chained and humble.
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6.
Under The Cross Of Spartacus

They crucified him at dawn.
Before sunrise,
his soul was fluttering among the clouds.
They left him days and days,
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7.
O Fires!

You stand at the door gate,
like a sparrow in the evening,
waiting for its morning's partner to return.
i see in your eyes the waiting of grass for the rain
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8.
The Thing

Something here,
dimly lit,
calling me.
Enchanted, i walk for it
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9.
My Great-Grandfather I: Dunya

My great grandfather
orders me not to stay awake late,
not to loiter at the street corner
waiting for ‘Dunya',
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10.
Landscape

a land without rain a cloud
in the far horizon dry land
with cracks like a deserted city
where the wind howls
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