POSTCARD FROM REQUIEM COUNTRY

requiem

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MI HEART AEKS,AND A DROWZY NUMNESS PAENS
MI SENS,AS THO OF HELMOK I HAD DRUNK
OR EMPTYD SUN DUL OEPIAET TO THE DREAMS
WUN MINIT PAST AND LETHEWARDS HAD SUNK
-JOHN KEATS
1
ON THE GATES OF DAWN
THERE ARE ONLY YOUR SONG
WHO ARE SILENT
BEFORE TAKING A BREATH.
IT SOUNDS LIKE
THE HERITAGE OF WAVE AND STAR
A MINGLING OF SOUNDS .
THE WORLD IS SEEKING WHAT TRUTH
IN ITS SILENCE?
AMADEUS!
O YOUNG AMADEUS!
MY THROAT WANTS
A HEALING OF RAGE.
PLAY THE DIFFERENCES
PASS THE SUN EASILY
WE ARE PIECES OF THE SUN
NOT STRANGERS.
2
AMADEUS!
O YOUNG AMADEUS!
SING YOUR SAD SONG
TILL I DIE
IN THE CAPES OF LONELY NERMAID.
AMADEUS!
PLAY THE DIFFERENCES.
3
AMADEUS!
O YOUNG AMADEUS!
I SING WITH YOU
TILL THE NIGHT BREAKS.
PLAY THE DIFFERENCES
WITH US
WHO ARE PIECES OF NIGHT
AND SUN.
NEW YORK,1370/1991
from: GHALAMAK,NO.2,PARIS & SWEDEN,1370/1991,TRANSLATED BY POET
FROM FARSI.
NOTE: SO MUCH FOR SO MUCH.SO MANY PUBLICATIONS WE ESTABLISHED AND OR WORKED WITH AS EDITOR ,LIKE THIS ONE:GHALAMAK OF AHMAD MOMENI SINA, NOW IT IS NOT THERE ANYMORE,AND STILL IS.SO LIKE PEOPLE'S WILL POWER, POETS AND POETRY NEVER DIE.THIS IS A REQUEM FOR ALL THESE LIVING THINGS,BACK IN HOMELAND AND HERE,ON THE ROAD...
F.S.
see also:reqiem for mohsen,
from red throat of sohrab
revolution green-neda
in faramarzsoleimani.com

POSTCARD FROM DREAMS PARK

dreaming in dreams park

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TRISTAN TOOK US ALL TO O.C.KICK OFF&BASEBALL TRY OUT ON A SUNNY CALIFORNIA SUNDAY.
THIS IS AN INTERPRETATION OF HIS DREAMS AND DREAMS OF THE KIDS OF ALL AGE,
IN FORM OF POETRY AND PROSE...
~ IN DREAMS PARK
NO ONE SPITS
KIDS ARE PLAYING AROUND
WITH COIN OF FUTURE.
~COACHES CONVEY
THEIR MESSAGES LOUD
KIDS ARE PLAYING THEM
DEEP AND ELOQUENT.
~THERE IS NO PARADISE
IN SIGHT
JUST DREAMS PARADISE.
~DRIPPING TIDES
AROUND DIAMOND
A DAY IN DREAMS PARK.
~WHEN IT COMES TO INTERPRETATION 0F DREAMS IN DREAMS PARK OF CANTON OR IRVINE,O.C.EVERYBODY MINGLES WITH EVERYBODY AND BARRY BOND APPEARS THEN OR STRASBURG OF OUR NATIONALS TEAM ,WITH A LOOOOOT A BAAAAALLS AND A LOOOOOT A DOOOOOLLARS.
08312009

POSTCARD FROM TURQUOISE COUNTRY

treasure island in laguna beach,california

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IN A SUNNY DAY ,WITH LIFE GOING ON AS USUAL,WE PASSED THROUGH COASTAL HEIGHTS AND HIGHWAYS,DRYLAND LIGHTHOUSE,WEDDING PARTIES,CLIFF HANGERS AND ART FESTIVALS,IN BLACK TIES OR BRIEF BATHING BIKINIS.WE MONTAGED OURSELVES TO MONTAGE RESORT AND LANDED ON THE GOOD AND THE ONLY TREASURE ISLAND.I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT TREASURE ISLAND OF OAKLAND-SAN FRANCISCO OR TREASURE ISLAND OF KIDDIE MOVIES AND BOOKS.THIS WAS TREASURE ISLAND IN LAGUNA BEACH,CALIFORNIA,WHERE WE HAD A WAVY TIME AND WROTE SOME LINES . AWAY FROM DAILY ROUTINES OF LIFE.SOMETHING FOR NOW,LIKE SHER BEH DAGHIGHEH YE AKNUN/POETRY TO THE MINUTE OF KNOW.SOMETHING LIKE SHER BEH DAGHIGHEH YE FARDA/POETRY TO THE MINUTE OF TOMORROW.AND THEN YOU THINK OF GEORGE BURNS,WHO ONCE SAID:

I LOOK TO THE FUTURE

BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE

I AM GOING TO SPEND

THE REST OF MY LIFE!

ANYWAYS,LET'S GO TO OUR LINES OF POETRY,AWAY FROM AWAY.

THERE ARE TORQUOISE POETRY IN TORQUOISE COUNTRY,PACKED IN A POSTCARD...

~WAVE ON CORAL REEF

UPBEAT TORO Y CONCHA

MISTS OF TREASURE ISLAND

~SKY ON THE WAVE

WAVE ON SKY

MISTS OF TREASURE ISLAND

~CATCH THE WAVE

WAVE ON THE RUN

MISTS OF TREASURE ISLAND

~SEAWAVES SUPPOSE TO BE

CALMO Y PACIFICO

BUT NOY IN BLUE SKY

OF TRASURE ISLAND

~WEDDING IN MONTAGE

SCENT OF LOVE

IN THE AIR

MISTS OF TREASURE ISLAND

~HANGING ON CLIFF

WAVING TO THE SUN

MISTS OF TREASURE ISLAND

~LIGHTHOUSE ON THE FOOTHILLS

FROM SECOND PERIOD OF GEOLOGY

MISTS OF

MISTY

TREASURE ISLAND

*

AND ONCE AGAIN

WAVE SAID TO THE MOON

SEE YOU IN LAGUNA BEACH.

POSTCARD FROM QUAIL HILL

quail hill,irvine,orange county,california

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three silver bark birchs
standing tall on the way
looking at the valley.
two hungry coyotes
assertive and unattentive.
one splendid snail
moving his mansion.
a straw hat
wandering around.
hiking in quail hill.
08312009
*
*
WHEN HOUSES CAME
TO QUAIL HILL
ALL QUAILS LEFT
AND HILL STAYED
IN THE BUSH
WITH SNAILS AND CANYON.
THEN STRAWBERRY FARMS
STARTED GROWING
UNDER HIGH POWER LINES
AND THERE WAS BREEZE
AND SUN
WITH HAPPY FARMERS.
*
WHEN HOUSES CAME
AFTER GOLD
IN QUAIL HILL
IN THE BUSH
ALL QUAILS ARRIVED
WITH LONG PIPES
AND LIVE GIFTS
TO OFFER PEACE
BUT THEY WERE CAUGHT
IN THE MIDDLE OF BLOODY ADVENTURES
AND THEIR TENTS WERE BURNT
AND THEIR FAMILY WERE GONE
AND THEIR MEN AND WOMEN
AND MEMORIES...
SO THE HILLS STAYED
WITH SNAILS
IN CANYONS
AND THERE WERE BREEZE
AND SUN.
*
*
SITTING IN STARBUCKS
SIPPING ON LA TIMES
A TEMPORARY RETIREMENT
FOR THE THIRD TIME
AND MORE...
*

IT RUNS FROM QUAIL HILL
THROUGH
QUAIL RIDGE AND MEADOW
YOU CALL IT KNOLLCREST
I CALL IT
QUAILCREST.
*
A PARADOX
PERPETUALLY LIVES
IN OUR BACKYARDS
COYOTES OF QUAIL HILL.
*
ON A TALL TREE
WE BUILD TREE HOUSE
CROWNED BY WEATHERVANE.
08292009

POSTCARD FROM IRVINE IN RUMI DAY

My heart is living for your sorrow
Stranger to the people,knowing your sorrow
Grace of your sorrow to my heart- is it
But so lonely,won't fit your sorrow
Tr;F.S.
modified 5.29.11

HAPPY RUMI DAY,AUGUST 28TH / 6 SHAHRIVAR
BIRTHDAY OF RUMI,THE GREAT IMMIGRANT POET
THE ALL TIME BEST SELLING POET,BETED THE BARD ,BELIEVE IT OR NOT!
THE MYSTIC LOVER OF HUMANKIND
AND THE THE WORLD...

See More: www.faramarzsoleimaniblogspot.com/rumi day is august 28th

POSTCARD FROM GOLD COUNTRY

*laguna beach,chaplin's gold rush,california dreamin'

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SUN IS GONE

MOON WALKS IN WITH THE WIND

COUNTRY OF GOLD RUSH

THESE DAYS EVERYBODY IS INVITING ME TO MOVE IN AND ENJOY CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' APPARENTLY STARTED IN ONE OF THOSE GEOLOGICAL PERIODS AND REDISCOVERED IN 16TH CENTURY.BUT THE REAL DREAMIS FROM GOLR RUSH OF 1849 ETERNALIZED IN ONE OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S MASTERPIECES BY THE NAME OF (WHAT ELSE) GOLD RUSH,OF 1925,THAT WE ALL REGISTERED IT SINCE OUR CHILDHOOD.

MY GOLD RUSH STARTED IN SEPTEMBER 1973AS A PART OF MY ADVENTUROUS TRIP AROUND U.S. BY LADY LT D,WITH MINA,IDA AND SUSIE.ONE DAY IN THE PACIFIC LEG OF OUR TRIP THAT SATARTED IN VANCOUVER,CANADA,WE PASSED BY MOUNT SHASTA AND NAPA VALLEY,WITHOUT NOTICING THIS IS GOING TO BE A CAPITAL OF CALIFORNIA WINE,ONE DAY.WE APPROACHED SAN FRANCISCO AND HUGGED GOLDENN BRIDGE WARMY.CONTINUED OUR WAY TOWARDS LOS ANGELES,SAID HELLO TO PROFESSOR STEINBECK ON OUR WAY, AND THEN GOT LOST IN LOS ANGELES,LITERALLY.LA CITY WAS NOT CALLED YET,LA TEHRAN GELES,ALTHOUGH I REMEMBER LA CHELO KABI OF LA WESTWOOD THAT WE HAD LA LUNCH WITH OUR GUEST AND FRIEND OF SCHOOL YEARS,THE WONDER BOY:RAHIM.

LA TOUR IN LA CITY WAS WONDERFUL BUT NOT TO DEGRE OF SEDUCING US TO MOVE,ALTHOUGH RAHIM WAS INSISTING ON THE IDEA BY COMPARING EVERYTHING WITH LIFE IN PHILADELPHIA .

WE LEFT RAHIM WITH HIS LA CITY OF GOLD AND DROVE TOWARDS SAN DIEGO ,CROSSED THE BORDER,WHICH WASN'T MUCH OF A BORDER,AND THER WAS NO FENCE IN THERE.IN TIJUANA WE FELT AT HOME.I MEAN THE ORIGINAL HOME.A CUP VERY MUCH LIKE IRANIAN AJDAN STOPPED US AND ASK FOR MONET,BECAUSE OF EXTRA LARGE SIZE OF THE CAE CAR,CARRYING US.WE DID NOT WANT TO PAY.HE GUIDED US TO POLICE STATION.THE OFFICER SOMEHOW CONVINCED US THAT IF WE DON'T PAY,THEN WE HAVE TO BE THEIR GUEST OVERNIGHT.WE DID NOT PREDICT SPENDING OVERTIME IN MEXICO.OUR VACATION WAS GETTING SHORTER AND SHRTER.AND EVERYBODY AT WORK AND SCHOOL EXPECTED US TO BE BACK SOON.SO WE PAID .WE ALSO PAID EXTRA TO SAY BAD WORDS.IN FARSI OF COURSE.IT WASN'T POLITICALLY CORRECT TO CURSE THESE HUNGRY POWERFUL MEN IN ANY OTHER LANGUAGES.

WE CONTINUED OUR TRIP BACK IN GOLD COUNTRY WITH CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' OF MAMAS AND PAPAS.I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF I BELIEVE MY EYES AND EARS,AS IT WASW SUNG...

ALL THE LEAVES ARE BROWN

AND THE SKY IS GRAY

I,VE BEEN FOR A WALK

ON A WINTER'S DAY.

I'D BE SAFE AND WARMIF I WAS IN L.A.

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'

ON SUCH A WINTER DAYSTOPPED INTO A CHURCH

I PASSED ALONG THE WAY.

WELL I GOT DOWN ON MY KNEES

AND I PRETEND TO PRAY.

YOU KNOW THE PREACHER LIKES THE COLD

HE KNOWS I'M GONNA STAY

CALIFORNAI DREAMIN'

ON SUCH A WINTER.

WITH ITS MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS LAYING BETWEEN COASTS AND DESERTS,IT ACCEPTED THE NAME OF QUEEN CALIFIA=KHALIFA? IN 16TH CENTURY.AT THAT TIME NATIVE PEOPLE WERE IN THEIR GOLD RUSH WITHOUT STRANGERS IN THEIR VIEW.

THERE WERE PEOPLE LIVING IN PLACES FROM ALAMEDA TO SOLANO AND SONOMA.

I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH OF SACRAMENTO'S BUDGET SPENT NOW FOR THEIR HEALTH,EDUCATION AND OTHER SOCIAL CAUSES.IT SHOULD BE CHECKED WITH ARNOLD,ALTHOUGH THESE DAYS HE'S BUISY WITH TEDDY,S FUNERAL.

FOR THE TIME BEING I SING MY OWN SONG.IT IS NOT ABOUT CALIFORNIA DREMIN'.IT'CALLED :

*MINTY GREEN*

(written in persian,translated by poet)

THESE DAYS THE HAPPENNING IS GREEN

MINTY GREEN

ON THE SIDE GARDEN

AND DIRT STREET,

AND VIVALDI'S SUMMER IS GORGEOUS

A LITTLE FRESH

A LITTLE SUMMERY.

THESE DAYS HAD A SAD GREEN HUE

IT WAS A LAID BACK MORNING YET

YET IT DID NOT SMILE

AND IMPATIENT OF ALAS

TOOK THE NIGHT TWO STEPS AHEAD

IN A SHORT STORY OF THE DAY

STILL HAD MINTY GREEN HUE

STILL DID NOT SMILE,THE LAID BACK MORNING

BUT OPEN STILL

WITHOUT YET OF THE NIGHT.

THESE DAYS THE HAPPENNING IS GREEN,MINTY GREEN

IN THE GARDEN,IN STREET,ON EARTH.

F.S.,08282009

POSTCARD FROM ORANGE COUNTRY

orange county,california

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I WANTED TO BEGIN THE JOURNAL OF MY JOURNEY TO CALIFORNIA BY SENDING A POSTCARD FROM ORANGE COUNTRY,A.K.A.ORANGE COUNTY(O.C.) I WAS ON THE SKY WHEN I HEARED TED KENNEDY IS GONE.SO I JUST WAIT FOR A BETTER TIME TO WRITE ABOUT THIS AND
"THE LIBERAL LION KING OF OBAMERA",AS WELL.
IT WON'T BE LONG.I PROMISS.
*
EVERYTIME I LOOKED FOR HIM
HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO CEMETERY
WITH A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY
NOW TED,
THE LIBERAL LION
OF OBAMERA
FROM HYANNISSPORT
IS GOING TO BE THERE
ALL ALONE WITH HIS BIG HEART.
*
I OPENED THE WINDOW TO MOUNTAIN BREEZE IN QUAIL HILL AND STARTED DREAMING AGAIN, CALIFORNIA DREAMING.RADIOS ARE SINGING AND DANCING WITH MICHAEL JACKSON.THE SINGER IN EXILE KEEP SAYING : STAY ALIVE!.I TRY IT WITHOUT BEING SUCCUMBED TO "MILK"
YESTERDAYWE PASSED THROUGH ALL AIRPORT WITH PASSENGERSWHO STAYED AWAY FROM SWINE FLUE.IN SANTA ANA,A SCHOOL OF CLOUDS PUT ON A SHOW FOR US IN PINK AND GRAYISH GREEN,LIKE REVOLUTION GREEN.THE LITTLE AIRPORT IN DOWNTOWN SAID WELCOME TO US.
NOW WE ARE SITTING AROUND A ROUND TABLE,ALSO: WAVE TABLE , AND READING AND WRITING AND WAITING FOR EVERYBODY TO ARRIVE.
I WROTE TO YOU YHAT TED KENNEDY DIEDE YESTERDAY AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH BRAIN CANCER.I THINK HE USED HIS BRAIN TOO MUCH ,AND SUFFERED A LOT TOO..NOW EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT WHITE LION OF SENATE.
IS IT WHITE LION OR LION KING,OR WHITE LION KING OF OBAMA ERA=OBAMERA,OR EVEN OBANERA WHITE LIBERAL LION KING>AS USUAL,I'M PLAYING WITH WORDS AND LANGUAGE IN MY MIND OR ON PAPER AND KEYBOARD..TED ONCE SAID ABOUT HIS BROTHER ROBERT,OR MAY BE ABOUT HE HIMSELF:
A GOOD AND DECENT MAN WHO SAW WRONG AND TRIED TO RIGHT IT,SAW SUFFERING AND TRIED TO HEAL IT.SAW WAR AND TRIED TO STOP IT."
YES I'M ON MY WAY
I WANT TO FLY
I BELLEVE I CAN DO IT.
HE WAS A DREAMER
DREAM NEVER DIES
AND DREAMER
NEVER DIES.
*
IN A LONG ISLAND OF THE MIND,CALLED CAIFORNIA,WE DRIVE.IN A LAND OF SUN EVERYTHING CALLED: LAGUNA,LIKE:
LAGUNA BEACH,OF ARTISTS AND OBSERVERS OF OCEAN
LAGUNA NIGUEL
LAGUNA HILL
LAGUNA AUDOBON
LAGUNA CANYON
LAGUNA COAST
LAGUNA WOOD

AND SOME MORE DOWN SOUTH,MOUNT LAGUNA NORTH OF CLEVELAND NATIONAL PARK OF SAN DIEGO AREA.
SO IF THIS GOES ON,IT SOUNDS LIKE THOSE 10 000 LAKES OF MINNESOTA ,WE WERE WATCHING YESTERDAY FROM THE SKY, WHEN WE ALUMINUM BRIDGED BETWEEN WASHINGTON,D.C. AND CALIFORNIA WITH A SUPPORTING POLE IN MINNEAPOLIS FOR A SHORT STOP.
* SKY DIDN'T COME WITH US TO THE POOL.WE WENT AND HAD A LOT OF SUN AND FUN.THEN SUSIE DROPPED SKY AND SHE JOINED US. THE POOLS IN CALIFORNIA ARE ANOTHER KIND OF LAGUNA. LET'S SAY LAGUNA PISCINA .WE SHOUL ADD UP THE LARGE HOT TUB TO THIS LIST AND CALL THEM LAGUNA JACCUZIE.
WE HEARD A WANDERER ICE CREAM VAN, SOUNDING LIKE BEING HUNGRY.THE LADY
WITH A ROW OF DISTANCED TEETH LOOKED NICE BUT SOMEHOW SHE WAS CALLED JAMSHID KHAN, BY THE KIDS.
AND NIGHT ARRIVED . IT WAS A NIGHT OF SUSHI AND SAKI,SO GOOD ESPECALLY AFTER A MORNING SPENT IN DENTAL OFFICE AND KEPT NPO BY HOSTS.
*
ORANGE WAVE:
~WAVE WITH WATER
ROCK IN WATER
WAVE ON THE ROCK
~SITTING IN AIRPORT
LISTENING TO TRAVELLERS
WHO ARE SITTING IN AIRPORT
WITH THEIR CELL PHONES.
~IT IS ALL BARACK
AND MICHELLE
GIFT SHOPS. IN AIRPORT.
~A SEA GLASS ROW
I OPEN THE WINDOW
TO BE PART OF THE SHOW
~GLORY OF THE SEA
SOMETIME WITH VENOM
SOMETIMES TASTES GOOD
~SOME PLAYING HAPPY
SOME SAD AND SILENT
SCOOL OF CLOUDS
~THE BIRD WAS ASLEEP
IN THE SKY
THE SKY TO FLY
~I OPENE THE WINDOW
TO RED ROOFS AND MOUNTAIN
MOURNING IN QUAIL HILL

F.S.,08262009
~on the run
wave said to the sun
see you in laguna beach

laguna beach ,ca.

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POSTCARD FROM HAFEZ COUNTRY

cover,hafez of tabnak and zendehrudi
http://www.faramarzsoleimani.blogspot.com/
HAFEZ
Mohamad shams eldin hafez shirazi
b.shiraz ,704 /1325,shiraz,
d.768/1389,shiraz
HAFEZ IS WRITER OF GHAZAL AND A SYMBOL OF IT IN PERSIAN LITERATURE,THROUGH MYSTICISM AND SUFISM.BY HIS LOVE AND WINE,LOVE OF WINE ,HAFEZ COMPOSED A GOOD NUMBER OF LYRIC POEMS.THEY REMAINED IN THE EYES AND HEART OF PERSIAN AND ALL PERSIAN SPEAKING PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.
HAFEZ DID NOT LEAVE HIS BELOVED HOMETOWN,SHIRAZ,AND STILL THERE INA GRVE ,SO DEARLY VISITED BY SHIRAZIS AND OTHER IRANIANS.
UPDATED:10/12/2009
also modified:10122010,Hafez Day

hafez tomb,as a shrine for lovers and poetry lovers,shiraz,fars,iran

اردشیرمحصص1/2 ARDESHIR MOHASSES COUNTRY*

اردشیر محصص
کاریکاتوریست,طراح  و طنز پرداز مهاجر ایرانی
طرح ، گوهر صمیمی هنرمند را به سا ده گی می نمایاند و حس ها و هیجانات او را به روشنی و ایجاز تمام
 می نمایاند
اردشیر محصص  در تصویر تاریخ با طرح ها و کاریکاتورهای
طنز آمیزش به این درجه از درج حقیقتی فراتر و واقعی تر از واقعیت برای نمایشی صمیمی از تاریخ گذشته و حال میهن و مردم و خو یشتن خویش رسیده است . او ذهنیتی دقیق و مو شکاف را با تر دستی و مهارت تکنیکی در اثا رش بروز می دهد تا یاد گذشته یی بی گذشت را به روز آمدی بی ترحم کشد
ف.س

img:moj

ardeshir mohassess, a major persian satirist and cartoonist

http://www.faramarzsoleimani.blogspot.com/
MOHASSESS NAKED FOREVER
on the day he left: 10/09
OBEID OF ZAKAN
STARTED THE WOLE GAME
AND ARDESHIR
OF GILAN
COUGHT THE BALL
AND RAN WITH THE OTHERS
ON A ROOFTOP OF TWO OPEN ENDS
WITH A ROOFTOP OF TWO OPEN ENDS.
SOMETIMES I WENT TO SEE HIM
IF STILL PLAYING.
HE WAS.
HE OPENED THE WINDOW
OF FIFTH AVENUE
TO THE WORLD
AND THE WINDOW
WAS STILL WIDE OPEN.
HIS NAKEDNESS
OF SEEING THE WORLD NAKED
WHEN NAKEDNESS
BRUTALLY IS NAKED
IN FRONT OF OUR EYES
AND THE WHOLE GAME
IS PLAYING BY US
ON ROOFTOPS.

Ardeshir Mohassess by David Levine

 ARDESHIR MOHASSESS ,LAHIJAN 09/09/09-09/10/2008 NEW YORK
*UNCOVERING COVERED*
FIRST CAME WITH SATIRE
AND SUSPICION
BUT NOT SO SATISFIED
THEN STARTED SWITCHING HEADS
WITH ROSES AND NIGHTINGALES.
THERE WERE BUTTERFLIES SINGING
AND CHANGING COLORS
THERE WERE KINGS
AND QUASI KINGS
EATING THEIR SUBJECTS.
THERE WERE COVERED
BEING UNCOVERED
IN COVER UPS.
HE STARTED WRITING OPEN LETTERS
TO WEAKLING POWER THIRSTY CLOWNS.
AND THESE MEN'S NOSE
 GREW BIGGER AND LONGER
AND THEIR EYES POPPED OUT
OR WIDE SHOT..

HE WAS LOUD
LOUDER
AND LOUDEST.
GHAJAR,YOU SAY IT QAJAR
AS PRE-PAHLAVI PERIOD
WAS NOT LONG ENOUGH AN ERA
TO COVER
HE WAS EXTENDED TO PAHLAVI
AND POST PAHLAVI
ON HANGING ROPES
OR IN PLASTIC PALACES
SOMTIMES EVEN TORN AND RUINED,
HE WAS EXTENDED TO THE WORLD.
OPPRESION BECAME SATIRE.
SUPPRESSION BECAME SATIRE.
DEPRESSION BECAME SATIRE.
AND CRY CASCADED HIS THROAT
AND TEARS BECAME WATERFALLS
MISTY AND MYSTIC.
I OFTEN FOUND HIM
HIDING
BEHIND EASLE
IN AN AISLE
OR WAS IT EASLE
HIDING
BEHIND HIM?

THAT WAS HIS FAVORITE SPOT TOO.
THAT WAS HIS DESTINY.
AND BEING LOUD
LOUDER
LOUDEST.
I FOUND HIM
COVERED UNCOVERED
AND ALL NAKED
THIS WAS HIS ART...

open letter,art by ardeshir mohassess,a major persian satirist

faramarzsoleimani.com

ps:when I was writing this piece,I thought of another major persian satirist,parviz shapur,who is known as the best drawer of ardeshir mohassess' cartoon.

we just need a few samples to prove this.

*

Where did he sharpen

his pen

before he performed drawing

on drawing studded walls

who stroke fears

on Amirs and Kings?

Where did he brew ink

to soak papers in?

In what lines he drops his portraits

of power and poor

on what rope of irony he hangs

their dresses

to be dried and ironed by the sun?

It is line without limits.

a srange will

to make story

of history.

a sharp pen

broken in sharp pen.

IT IS A SHARP PEN IF YOU DECIDE TO SHARPEN YOUR PEN,.IF YOU MAKE IT SHARP

YOU MAKE IT SHARP

YOU SHARP IT

TO MAKE

YOU ARE A MAKESHIFT SHARP.

AND YOU SHARP

AND YOU MAKE AND YOU SHIFT

AND

YOU.

...and you share and you shake hands to share it wit ardeshir mohassess

and ardeshir still shaking

to share it with you

LA POSTCARD FROM L.A.

~COVERED BY RED SKY
FIRED ON DISTANT MOUNTAIN
L.A. OF LATE SUMMER.
~MOUNT WILSON OBS
ALWAYS LOOKING
NOW BEING LOOKED
WAVE OF FIRE

~PINK ROSES
PEEKING ON THE WALL
MORNING IN L.A

BLINKING EYES

IN GRAY SHADOW OF EYELIDS

FIRE ON SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS

*LA POSTCARD FROM L.A.
BANANA REPUBLIC OF FIRE
CALLING FROM THE MOUNTAINS
WITH A HOARSE VOICE
CALIFORNIA RED DREAMIN

disney center,los angeles,ca.
designed by: frank gehry
faramarzsoleimani.com TIN AROUND TIN IN TIN BY TIN ABOVE TIN FOR TIN OF TIN,A CIRCLE OF THIN TIN...

COMING FROM 09/04/2009
the day L.A. and Dr.SAM MOGARIwere born,within the same years!

O SILENT SARAJEVO !

a critic,a cellist and a cyclist in bloody sarajevo...faramarzsoleimani.com sarejevo, how many times you are dragged to mass graves on the hills or at riversides and returned with your body hit by hatred and soacked in blood ?
o silent sarajevo !


I FOUND BONS MOTS,
WELL SAID
SPARE SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.
"BE KIND
TO HUMANKIND"
ON THIS DAY AND AGE.
IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS,
BOSNIA IS CLEANSED
OF BOSNIAN
AND SERBIAN
AND CROATIAN.




THEY'RE ALL GONE!
LAST TIME IN THERE
MANKIND DEVOURED MANKIND
THIS WAS 500 YEARS BACK
THAT YOUR FATHER KILLED MY FATHER.
NOW IT IS NOT EVEN 15 YEARS
THAT YOUR FATHER KILLED MY FATHER,
AND MOTHER AND CHILDREN



AND CATS AND DOGS
SINCE MASS MURDES AND MASS GRAVES
OF TRIBORO BOSNIA.
THEY ARE NOT THERE
BUT THERE.
IT FELL APART MORE THAN ONCE.
IT IS FALLING APART NOW
TO A NASTY SQUABBLE ONCE MORE.
I DON'T WANNA SEE THOSE FOTOS AGAIN



I DON'T WANNA LISTEN TO



BRAVE CHELLIST



I DON'T WANNA PEE



ON SOLDIERS PICTURES
MAD MEN ARE AT LARGE
OR IN THE HAGUE



OR LEFT ALL THE HATRED



AND LEFT THE WORLD.



LET'S BE KIND



TO HUMANKIND
O SILENT SARAJEVO !
from: faramarz soleimani's poem,
o silent sarajevo (1991-1995)
in english and farsi,
under print.

HAVADAM

botero's adam and eve.image by : moj book

see also:rendaan.com/faramarz soleimani: havadam beh khatam e sabz

COLLAGE چسبانه

C*O*L*L*A*G*E
also OCULAR POETRY

collage by MOJ
modified esfand 1390/march 2012

collage as a poster for night of poetry

collage for book cover

faramarz soleimani: red throat of sohrab 

coming together in waves,
coming waves
in together

ness.
when coming together
in waves

COLLAGE   کولاژ  or CHASBANEH چسبانه،هم چسبانی ،تکه چسبانی
 or GHATTAI قطا عی ,
IS AN OLD PERSIAN ART USED MOSTLY TO ADORN BOOKS OR SOMETIMES PRESENTED SEPARATELY AS AN ARTWORK. THE TERM COLLAGE,from FRNCH:COLLER,TO GLUE COINED BY PICASSO,OR GEORGE BRAQUE,AS A FORM OF MODERN ART, especially in their own direction of cubism

HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE IMAGES OF THIS SITE IN FORM OF COLLAGE,ENTITLED:
COMING TOGETHER IN WAVES
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