Tsunami

Actually this poem is wrote by Soudabeh Rasekh in Farsi. Soudabeh Rasekh, is a young Iranian poet who honorably gave the permission to translate her poems from Farsi into English.

Only one minute for the child-like naughtiness of the nature is enough;

Like a child play on ants hole,

Stick and dust,

Ant and water,

An exciting fun,

Every ten ants, one point,

 

Play or pause,

Tatami[i] or coffin,

Let’s flip a coin,

            Head or tail,

 

Head for the nature,

We have been struck out …

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[i] Tatami, originally meaning "folded and piled" mats are a traditional type of Japanese flooring

Reviews

[ju]

enjoyed this- interesting write. liked the lay out, line breaks. and the closing line is, as RG says, well done. very blunt, very final.

[Ryan Gonzalez]

Very mysterious poem. defining what a tatami is at the bottom really helps too in letting readers be able to imagine it. The ants hole description is interesting and I like how it gives a sense of some sorta of wild fun. The ending of the poem I think it is well done here. It is also interesting too how you say in line 8 "Tatami or coffin". It puts the sense of gloom or doom in the poem. Anyways, it is a pretty good poem to me and I think you did well on it. Just keep up the good work! Good Job!