Wednesday, April 22, 2009

young and smart

The sign said something along the lines of:

Attention
to all young costumers:
If you are fed up with your parents,
move out and start earning your own money
and paying your own rent.
Do it fast, until you are young
and know everything.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I just visited your weblog. I stopped at the head line. I am still there,
Life hasn't introduced so many people like Sohrab to me, even as a young person at high school I was conservative, now I understand it when I look back. even with poetry. I thought people write poem in new style because they are not good with old style. Sohrab and especially this poem was a clash that I lost the battle to the new style. Maybe it was not the style, it was the personality of this person. He was fluid and honest with a real suffering of human beings. Time, respect and loneliness. "Hich kas zaghchei ra sare yek mazraeh jeedi nagereft", "be tamasha sogand, va be aghaze kalam, va be parvaze kabootar az zehn, vajei dar ghafas ast","koodaki mibini, rafteh az kaje bolandi bala, joojeh bardarad az laneh noor, va az oo miporsi, khaneie doost kojast","to agar dar tapesh bagh khoda ra didi hemat kon va begoo mahi ha hozeshan bi ab ast"...
Thanks, sorry for being long, next time I go over the rest of the weblog.

dokhtare aftab said...

dear anonymous, as we age our perspective towards life changes. i certainly think i have a feeling for your experience. i would also like to remind you that many "new-day" poets who write in free style are well "versed" in many of the old school rythmical styles.
enjoy!

Mazyar said...

Until you are young and know everything :)