This poetry book can be enjoyed by any category of readers. The majority of the poems, however, describe the emotions of a female speaker. The speaker is a heroin, a lover, a mother or a political observer; but never a victim. She is ready to leave if wronged by anyone under any circumstances. The speaker cannot ignore poverty, famine, wars and the injustices in the world even when she is talking about her love. Every poem has a tendency to tell a story, relate an experience, or describe an event.

A Piece of Heaven

By Farin Mirvahabi Powell

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Copyright © 2009 Farin Mirvahabi Powell
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ISBN: 978-1-4490-1909-9

Contents

"The Most Unknown Grain"..................................1"Our Wedding".............................................3"The Seed Dies"...........................................4"A Piece Of Heaven".......................................5"Let Me Envy the Old Moon"................................6"The little Girl".........................................7"My Valentine"............................................8"Fake Love Sold In Vending Machines"......................9"For one Last Night"......................................10"Tunnel of Lights"........................................11"Let Us Love Again".......................................13"A Pile of Dirt"..........................................14"After Those Moments of Destruction"......................16"High Roof of Anger"......................................17"How Long"................................................18"Fresh Ideas".............................................19"Like A Sea Of Diamonds"..................................20"Searching For A Few Worms"...............................21"Those Glorious Days".....................................23"Someone Will Rise".......................................24"A Big Red Kite"..........................................26"A Broken Crystal"........................................27"I Want To Scream"........................................28"I Reached The Stars".....................................30"For Seven-Year Olds".....................................31"The Pain Doesn't Die"....................................32"Train Station"...........................................33"When He Is Gazing Into My Eyes"..........................34"With A Colorless Indifference"...........................35"Yesterday"...............................................36"All The Lonely Nights"...................................37"Childhood Dreams"........................................38"Distant Refuge"..........................................39"Creek of No Hope"........................................40"Every Smile Tells You A Lie".............................41"God Must Love Me"........................................43"Like a Wild Flower"......................................44"His Journey Is Almost Over"..............................45"No More Despair".........................................46"The Tale of Two Towns"...................................47"When She Is Gone"........................................48"A Lost Soul".............................................49"That House"..............................................50"The Alley"...............................................51"That Immense Colorless Despair"..........................52"The Beauty of A Poem"....................................53"The Bird Doesn't Know About The War".....................54"The Ghost Of An Old Love"................................55"And Then the Separation".................................56"The Same Walk"...........................................57"The City Hears Sounds"...................................58"For Dying"...............................................59"Every Night".............................................60"The House Of Dreams".....................................61"The Last Blank Page of Her Book".........................62"Another Day Passed By"...................................63"Your Scheherezad"........................................64"How Can I Forget"........................................65"In A Silvery Dawn".......................................66"No One Hears Me".........................................67"Life Is Not A Memory"....................................68"Merci Adamo".............................................69"Like A Mirage"...........................................71"Remember Me".............................................72"The Bridge Over The Pond"................................73"Waiting For God To Call".................................74"Memories Should Have A Life".............................76"Only The Hands"..........................................77"Without You".............................................78"Bitter Separation".......................................79"Moments".................................................80"Ready To Say Goodbye"....................................81"The Shadow On the Wall"..................................82"The Corridor of Time"....................................84"The Sun Called Me".......................................85"Thirty-Two Balloons".....................................86"Riding the Carousel of Euphoria".........................87"Some Day I Will Cry".....................................89"A Woman With A Suitcase".................................90

Chapter One

"The Most Unknown Grain"

There will come a day when the old ivy in the garden will stop making love to the stars. There will come a day when the clouds will end up covering the truth, and the sun's reality will spread everywhere. There will come a day when the lava of the mountain's anger will burn all green hills. There will come a day when my words, like a thousand diamonds, will crown pages of a book. There will come a day when the silk of my passion will open hearts and minds. One day, the rain will impregnate all barren seeds, and the meadow will be mother to all newborn grains. One day, the most unknown grain, flying on the wings of the wind, will reach the highest summit. One day, all toppled-bravo saying politicians, along with their replacements, in front of empty chairs, will cut ribbons at the openings of all ruined homes. One day, the chains will be broken, and the free hands extended towards the sky, will demand termination of all "ism." One day, angry fish will walk out of the water, and volunteer to go to war, and my niece's tearful doll will cry for justice. Finally, one day, bullets will turn into paper toys, clowns will wear soldiers' uniforms, and the war, like a carnival, will entertain every town in the world.

"Our Wedding"

Ask the sun to come to our wedding let it bring all its chandeliers. Ask the rain to travel to another town, we have no room for umbrellas. Let the wind gossip about this wedding and take the news to town. Tell the birds to keep quiet at dawn we need to sleep late. Bring my sister to help me, my gown is heavy and long. Pick up some orchids from the garden and offer them to the female guests. Invite the stars to our wedding, let their diamonds sparkle in the night. Wait for me outside the church, wearing your kindest smile, because my knees will be shaking while walking down the aisle for a second time. Let us deceive God's jealous angels, by turning towards the sky and saying: "Bad rice, Bad rice." Let us kidnap happiness, and take it to our honeymoon and trick it to stay with us forever.

"The Seed Dies"

Why shouldn't I talk about the earth, for I am an earthling, and the plant of my body loves the earth. Why shouldn't I talk about the sun, for the sun glorifies the world. Why shouldn't I talk about the seed, for the seed is the fabric of every being. The seed gets pregnant, the seed is born, the seed survives like an old dusty folder, the seed withers, and the seed dies. Why...