Jerry Green
08-02-2007, 02:11 PM
The Iraqi Poetry Project: "The Gift of Words: Poetry for the Iraqi People."
Poems will be translated into Arabic and sent to Iraq. Submissions are invited. Contact: Cynthia L. Bryant, 925-398-8846 or [email protected]. This is my submission:
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The Mother Letters: Sounds of Healing Peace
Three Mothers: Aleph Mem Shin
Mem hums, Shin hisses
and Alef is the Breath of air
deciding between them.*
Wshhh
Hmmm
Ahhh
Shema Hashem Shalom
Salam Shalem Shalom
Hear the sounds, Issmao issim,
the sounds of peace, issim il salam,
the sounds of healing peace. issim shifa il salam.
Shema Hashem Shalom
Salam Shalem Shalom
Wshhh
Hmmm
Ahhh
Yitzak
Poems will be translated into Arabic and sent to Iraq. Submissions are invited. Contact: Cynthia L. Bryant, 925-398-8846 or [email protected]. This is my submission:
____________________
The Mother Letters: Sounds of Healing Peace
Three Mothers: Aleph Mem Shin
Mem hums, Shin hisses
and Alef is the Breath of air
deciding between them.*
Wshhh
Hmmm
Ahhh
Shema Hashem Shalom
Salam Shalem Shalom
Hear the sounds, Issmao issim,
the sounds of peace, issim il salam,
the sounds of healing peace. issim shifa il salam.
Shema Hashem Shalom
Salam Shalem Shalom
Wshhh
Hmmm
Ahhh
Yitzak