Places..Of The Heart

Places..Of The Heart/By Sami Khalil

A sad romance poem.

 

There lie...Places of the heart

Where orphaned words live domestic lives.

Neither fine fettles nor sacred texts dwell, except in postponed tomorrows.

Chaotic, perhaps, but the fleeting scenes

Are skillfully scripted among desultory

 apprehensions and frailty of echoes.

Intact, perhaps, but enough miswords can carry lovers’ diction down

The road of doltish broken heartedness, providing their own translations.

 

There lie…places of the heart

Where critics puzzle over the avant-garde of our blueness separations

 and recognitions of cherished memories.

Where strangers sleep through introductions and amble down the river banks of silence.

There, “being” is a mere concept exploring the voiced firsts of exhibits and undulations of images.

There lie…My heart and my fugitive soul

Waiting for you…My love!

Reviews

[CA Anurag Sharma]

Wow, what combination of art and words!! terrific write Sir. The presentation was its best part. Good one..

[andrew mitchell]

A painter you are Sami with words , the strokes of imagery brush the reader's senses. The line that blew me away such poetic brilliance for me was the second line." where orphaned words live domestic lives just reeked of solitary loneliness . a terrific write

[Black Cat Fever]

A very brilliant and extraordinary write. You paint pictures most amazingly with words. Very skillfully done. A sad reality in this poem but broken heats can be healed and loved again ,just waiting for that perfect love as you say at the end.

[Josie E. Cook M. A.]

As always you do a great presentation of your work!
Cheers to you, Sami!

[ms. barrie]

gorgeous write that captures the the every essence of
such a passionate, gifted wild-flower...who was an amazing artist to say
the least...and her oft' tumultuous, yet endearing relationship she had
with Mr. Rivera. perfectly descriptive of her heart.

I agree...the last lines are just stellar. Thank you for sharing.
~ barrie

[wordman]

lovely write sammi,i liked postponed tomorrows ! great concept
love the beautiful images you used in this beautiful write my friend !!

[James]

I really like the line 'my heart, my fugitive soul." Neither are never really ours.

[emmajoy]

'There lie...Places of the heart - Where orphaned words live domestic lives.' .. .. .. 'There lie…places of the heart - Where critics puzzle over the avant-garde of our blueness .. .. '

Your words echo the vibrant painting of an extraordinary woman and artist. Seems you were meant to wrap your rich use of language around that - let's say, tempestuous, love affair. And how many echoes trickle from your words.. .. .. !

[redzone]

Frida Kahlo, was such a wonderful artist/photographer/poet Sami.. and your poem describes her "postponed tomorrows", in such vivid sadness... from her disabling accident to Diago's fickle love, her heart indeed was in search of more than "blueness separations" and "fleeting scenes" of happiness...

Sami I had the real thrill of going to a retrospective of her art when I live in Philadelphia... I was one of those who sat all day, jaw opened in awe at her creativity... If you ever get the chance to see her paintings and photography you will write many more poems about love and "Places.. of the heart"..

I enjoyed my wandering around in your poem Sami, thank you for sharing it..

redzone

[Solar]

The poem aptly resonances with the love between Kahlo and Diego.

'skilfully scripted' 'lovers dictions' 'avant garde of our blueness separations' wow!