~ Frangipani on Spotlight ~

Frangipani
Originally uploaded by Eric Lafforgue

How delicate
Is the light?
Pouring through
Within face of night
Aches of harmony
Lip silence in the dark
Reciting a silent symphony
Moonlight on Frangipani
Steals the light
Unburned pinch
Arousing the night
Delightful

Copyright 2007 Nasra Al Adawi

The poem is written based on the photo by Eric Lafforgue posted in flicker.com.

"Frangipani is known by a plant Plumeria which produces flowers ranging from yellow to pink depending on form or cultivar. The common name "Frangipani" comes from an Italian noble family, a sixteenth-century marquess of which invented a plumeria-scented perfume. They are now common naturalised plants in southern and southeastern Asia, and in local folk beliefs provide shelter to ghosts and demons. The scent of the Plumeria has been associated with a vampire in Malay folklore, the pontianak. They are associated with temples in both Hindu and Buddhist cultures though Hindus do not use the flowers in their temple offerings.

In several Pacific islands, such as Hawaii and Tonga, Plumeria is used for making leis. The flower is also, in Hawaiian culture, worn by women to indicate relationship status - over the right ear if seeking a relationship, and over the left if taken." Quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org

~ Soil Earth ~

Iranian Workers
Originally uploaded by HORIZON

I live the earth
Knowing it will outlive me
On a terrain of river
That had fell on me
Follow happiness as it poured
Nowhere except in me
Now find it all over my face
Lush happiness through my soil
Know that I'm a man
Who simply lived the earth
Carrying on my soil:
Mountains and rivers
If it flows or trembles down
I will be the soil to embrace it back
So the earth is me even if I'm gone

Copyright 2007, Nasra Al Adawi



This photograph has been taken in Iran by a photographer with a nickname of Horizon. The man of there is an Irani Worker his name is Morad. I hope you can visit the site of the photographer to read the whole story (only click the photo). The poem is based on the above photograph which is posted at flickr.com

What is amazing about this photo is that his eyes so content and he has amazing smile