tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639005998854222872.post3433145938137111853..comments2023-11-08T18:26:16.399+05:30Comments on Opa Anthology of Contemporary Women’s Poetry: ASMA O. MEJDIOur Poetry Archivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07024445167312625370noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639005998854222872.post-39563900223395005252019-04-04T03:07:10.323+05:302019-04-04T03:07:10.323+05:30It is such a pleasure and a greater honor to have ...<br />It is such a pleasure and a greater honor to have your poetry in our Voices of Women Worldwide & VOWW-TV's website and VOWW's multimedia global anthology poetry book with over 22 poets participating ... May you always be blessed with the compassion, humility and love ...VenusinNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17672497180578279969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639005998854222872.post-71408812780367923362019-04-04T02:04:58.795+05:302019-04-04T02:04:58.795+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.VenusinNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17672497180578279969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639005998854222872.post-72537476703045359242017-07-15T01:55:49.009+05:302017-07-15T01:55:49.009+05:30I really can't thank you enough for taking the...I really can't thank you enough for taking the time to read and react. Thanks a million for every word MR Ridha.🏵🏵🏵Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04464555501020927187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639005998854222872.post-42658972608942494452017-07-14T18:28:58.022+05:302017-07-14T18:28:58.022+05:30Of course, this is not pscho-analysis of your pers...Of course, this is not pscho-analysis of your personality. I've never met nor seen you andI did not mean you, either. The reader interprets the poet not the person. The reader analyses the artistic hero not the personality itself. As I told before, a poem that supports only one interpretation is not art. Everybody can perceive it according to their own interpretations.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582164293426255691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639005998854222872.post-30715258689686357062017-07-14T18:05:52.835+05:302017-07-14T18:05:52.835+05:30The poem is the property of the poet as long as it...The poem is the property of the poet as long as it is in his chest. But when it is written out, it is the property of the other. That's why every reader interprets it as they perceive/ feel it. Besides, a poem that supports only one interpretation is not art. That is the power of the poet to make the reader "fly" in the untold each according to their insides. Now, the poet is an outsider and the reader is an insider. Wish you success and excellenceAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582164293426255691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639005998854222872.post-66535610888714746702017-07-14T08:35:43.894+05:302017-07-14T08:35:43.894+05:30Is "Enigma" really enegmatic?
The poetes...Is "Enigma" really enegmatic?<br />The poetess started her poem with gloomy frightening but poetical pictures such as "firestorm" and "flaming eyes". The picture would be better had she only used "FERVISH" soul instead of "FERVID" since the former is related to fever (i.e. the fever of love) which will be more poetic. Now, the poets concludes her first stanza that love does come from the first sight. Thus, she criticizes the notion of love at first sight. With reference to her culture, people talked about love at the first sight, and hundreds of arabic poems,tales and books talked about that especially that of " Tawq al-hamâma fî-l-ulfa wa-l-ulaf", by Ibn Hazm, translated into french as "Collier de la colombe sur l'amour et les amants" by Gabriel Martinez-Gros, Paris, Sindbad, 1992. This book is about Love and lovers. It talks about types of love,signs of love, and love at the first sight among others. However, most people do not believe in that type of love, and our poetess, the subject of this study, is no exception. She revealed that in the last line of the first stanza: "there’s more to me than meets the eye", and by the end of her poem: "Decipher me first,and love me after...". Thus, we conclude that she does not trust that type of love, and her lover has to delve into her as the diver does in the depth of the sea. She warns her lover against loving her as love for her is a "TEST" they both should "pass". It is a hard test for her as she has "suffered enough" and she is not ready to try love again. Contradictory to what she pretends, she reveals herself to her lover that it is but a "disguise". Disguise here has two connotations: physical and psychological. First, she disguises herself behind the make-up on her face (see her profile picture) to look happy. She smiles and talks to other people i.e. she seems social and easy-going whereas the truth is that she is sad, isolated and lonely. <br />Second, she disguises herself as "indecipherable", "unfathomable" and "encrypted".Here again, she reveals herself by giving her lover some clues: "enamored of the moon" and "rain of June" i.e. she is romantic and her lover has to be romantic, too; She is "so cold" and her lover has to ignite her feelings to soften her "petrous heart" which is in reality a very fragile heart. This is the "right ingress" i.e. the right entrance to her heart that her lover should follow. <br />So, now the enigmatic turns into a simple clarity: "Decipher me first, and love me after".<br />As a conclusion, the poetess succeeded to an extent that she beautifully expressed herself poetically through the usage of the free verse tpye as she longed for freedom and broken the poetic meters and feet and those jargons that might oppress her feelings. However her poem is fool of metaphor, oxymoron and other eloquence styles which reveal the mastering of language, the manipulation of the poetry tools of writing beside to the richness of the lexis she used. This was the outcome of a fervid volcano of rarely pure feelings isuide her. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582164293426255691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639005998854222872.post-77336564879761121262017-07-14T02:17:36.762+05:302017-07-14T02:17:36.762+05:30A myriad thanks to you Mr Ridha. I am all gratitud...A myriad thanks to you Mr Ridha. I am all gratitude for your exceptional feedback and nice words. Stay blessed 🏵Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04464555501020927187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639005998854222872.post-36315417602332795882017-07-14T01:41:40.032+05:302017-07-14T01:41:40.032+05:30Barbara Suen USA, I truely appreciate every word y...Barbara Suen USA, I truely appreciate every word you wrote and the noble feelings you poured through them. It is really hard for me to find the right words to appropriately express my gratitude. All I can say is STAY BLESSED ❤Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04464555501020927187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639005998854222872.post-19816577266203990312017-07-12T10:34:42.371+05:302017-07-12T10:34:42.371+05:30Wonderful deep pools of words that seem to flow so...Wonderful deep pools of words that seem to flow so smoothly. A "true Love" poem that every woman or man wishes for is in "Broken is not a sin" Universal is that longing. Amazing gifted with words. Barbara Suen USA. Not surprised you have been Number One for this anthology. Congratulations. I enjoyed every word!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639005998854222872.post-15139019902782799362017-07-11T00:47:21.744+05:302017-07-11T00:47:21.744+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04464555501020927187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639005998854222872.post-67962385105701241912017-07-10T16:42:28.249+05:302017-07-10T16:42:28.249+05:30She's beyond words with her eloquence and word...She's beyond words with her eloquence and wordiness. I love that superhuman capability of manipulating language to convey the untold via the told. Keep on shining dear goddess of poetry.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582164293426255691noreply@blogger.com