He went to the market and bought a lemon and tied it to a branch of the
lean/slender bitter orange
But.. He was not good at that
.........
.........
Years later, the poem induced him into youth
He consented...it distanced itself
He pursued it...but it went further
He shouted at her...you stubborn
Stubborn
Stubborn
His voice still traverses the continents
In white cities...in pubs
You stubborn
Stubborn
Stubborn
Perhaps he saw her
At a night of flowing black braids
And thought her Fatimah.
Sneaking at night to impart her youth into his...
But, she...
Left him to another...
But, how could he leave her...to another...
.........
.........
Day and night
At home...in the street...at the hotel...and the in the train....
In the voice of whom he loves...in the trees
In....
They exchanged siege
And the problem of the poem never ends.
(Ibid. 83–89)The elusive nature of poetry, its resistance to sophistry, and its demands on
the poet, is behind these poetic discussions and engagements, for the speaker
argues the case with himself/herself or with other poets. To invigorate poetry
with enough life, language and poetry should be integral enough to be free
from restrictive forms. As Qmsim >addmd cautions his persona, “Master the
form that bows not to form.”^48
Functional SufismAn eighth dialogic strategy relates to Sufi intimations, codes, and significations.
The reliance on the registers of the great Sufis means their languages and
POETIC DIALOGIZATION