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jean dammu from his collection: rags

6/8/2014

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Is law important

When nothing is left in the hand of the criminal

But a wilting rose

And when horizons of crime dwindle

To nothing                                    

What is the gain

from adding nothing to nothing

As long as the sun is the same

Being the queen ruling over        

Continents of paper






poem by: Jean Dammu


translated by : Amal Ibrahim


kindly revised by the poet: George Szirtes
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the visible

5/25/2014

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The sun and the heart

Like freedom

Are eternal





The past that lacked           

Desire

Is as radiant as

Morning prayer





Soul and myth

Are boughs of one tree

Since both are attached

To the unseen





The visible! The visible!

What sight could possibly pass through

The holiness of your sanctuary

The one rife with talismans





Let us open more than one sky

For our calls

To touch the hem of the moment of sublimation





 Oh heart, stop interrogating the unseen

For once you do

One question simply leads you to another


poem by:Jean Dammu



Translated by: Amal Ibrahim


kindly revised by the poet: George Szirtes

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