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The Baskets of Baghdad

http://basketsofbaghdad.blogspot.com

Poems of the Middle East. I have created this blog in order to publicize my grandfathers meaningful poems and to share a piece of Baghdad's past.

• Added on: Jan 21st, 2007
• Country: Canada
• Language: English

• Listed in: Society Iraq Poems

Recent Posts

• Blog Overview

  Posted on Saturday January 20th, 2007 at 12:00

  This blog is dedicated to one of the many books my grandfather has written. I have created this blog in order to publicize my grandfathers meaningful poems and to share a piece of Baghdad's past. This book is not only filled with wonderful poems that...

• The Baskets of Baghdad

  Posted on Friday January 19th, 2007 at 12:50

  Upon the rainbowed bridges of Baghdad,Brimmed baskets, balanced carefullyAbove black abas flowing free,Glide through thick crowds, responsibly.Here are some curving fishSwimming on ice in a dish;And here some peppers, red and green,Mixed with peeled...

• Sleeping Child

  Posted on Friday January 19th, 2007 at 12:41

  Karachi, PakistanBrown and beautifulin her blue dress,The child sleptbeneath the shop shelvesWhere her father kept his needlework,Brass wares and hand-carved elephants.White-robed, he sat beside her,Sewing slowly, wrinkle-eyed,Seeming to stitch conte...

• Once in Louisiana

  Posted on Friday January 19th, 2007 at 03:05

  Once in Louisiana, long ago,I walked at evening on a gravel roadThat stretched forever towardthe sinking sun.Not a tree, not a bird,Nor any colored stonedo I remember now 'But only that I was aloneAt sundown on an empty road.Today the ageless sun swi...

• The Lost List

  Posted on Friday January 19th, 2007 at 02:45

  Recollections and a RequiemThe Gulf War of 1991An early morning rain, fresh and inviting, was fallingsoftly, almost secretly, in Victoria. It was the dormant,damp, often mild season when long dead leaves ofsummer creep forth from hidden places likesu...

• Other Poems Included in "The Baskets of Baghdad"

  Posted on Friday January 19th, 2007 at 02:40

  Once in LouisianaIRAQWhere Once My Father WalkedBabylonThe Baskets of BaghdadMan and StonesThe CarterShuhada Square Twin RealityWoman and ChildDay's ShadowThe ShovelersAhl as-SarifaMoslem in the FieldsTrinityCircling BirdsThe Golden MosqueThe Long Mi...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Deborah Abdulla

Thank you for sharing these. They are beautiful.

Deborah/Indigo-Daisy

Posted: July 25th, 2007 | Report This Comment

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