Joan Al-Salihi
New York, New York, USA
Joan Al-SalihiNew York, New York, USA |
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Joan was born in New York City, writing of herself "Fate played quite game with Joan". As a little girl she pretended that she was in the land of "Ali Baba", through her marriage and frequent visits to the Middle East, she became fascinated with that culture. She wrote about Arabia, love and the secrets of life, her poems were published in local news paper and the National Library of Poetry. Collection of her poetry was published in a book titled "Follow Me" A Caravan Of Poems. She wrote poetry in the last ten years of her life, she died on October 2, 1996. |
Follow MerCome follow me my love. As children, we will hold hands And climb the banks to the water's edge, Tell stories to one another, Magic fantasies, as we sit side by side At the water's edge. You are my prince and I your princess. Let us drift to a rainbow world, Look up at the beauty of the sky, And let our love remain as lasting As sky and water. Come follow me my love. | The Essence Of LifeThe essence of life can beas intoxicating as the essence of perfume. The lasting of life's strength is revealed to us strangely through our own endurance. | Manhattan SkylineAs I look from my window,I wait for the magical moment when the lights begin to light across the bridge showing their chain of emeralds: when the deep blue night sky becomes a velvet blanket covering the deep purple waters: when the dotted lights display a glow of diamonds everywhere...; when this Manhattan skyline appears to be an array of Jewels before the eyes of one looking at the majestic of the Manhattan Night Skyline. Oh, as I look from my window, I wait for the magical moment. |