Moldova--the day before we leftA Poem by Tovli a landay... a couplet form in Afghani poetry with nine syllables in the first line and 13 syllables in the second, usually about grief, love, separation, war. A landay to honour Mama on the first day of poetry month in America
Belonging isn’t your voice searching… …choices when the light shifts. We’ve planted already. Seeds have fallen. Twice now. You’re waiting? News story: The sun is a bomb. Our sky? Someone’s war. Reporters wrote: You smile like farmers. They kissed us. They stole a few seeds. Then, our children died.
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2 Reviews  Last Updated on April 2, 2017 Tags: landay, war, peace, Tovli Simiryan Author
TovliAboutTovli writes short fiction, poetry and non-fiction with an emphasis on Jewish spirituality. Two volumes of poetry: The Breaking of the Glass and Fixing the Broken Glass appeared in 2006 and 2008. more..Writing
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