The city unsettled



The earthquakes have stripped us from our sleep again,
The sky has fallen into misery again,
As the rubbles of once-a-happy home mounts up again,
The city has forgotten to smile,
The noble regime,
The powerful men, have all disappeared,
The sounds of prayers only,
Echo through the ripped open lands,
The crushed walls with buried souls,
Still alive,
The desolated streets have now become their friends,
Their eyes wide-open sparkling for life,
The stars twinkling brighter than ever,
In the pitch-black sky,
Misery has fallen upon the city again,
The fear of sleepless nights has spread again,
The magicians have lost their wands again,
In this darkness,
Only the ambulances reflect their lights,
Upon the shattered frames of a family photo,
If I were a magician,
I would struck my wand the land to settle,
And would stop the slanted buildings to rattle,
I would pray to God to end this battle,
Between the earth and it’s dwellers
 

About this poem

The poem is written as a dedication to the people of Antakya and Syria where the recent earthquakes have shaken thousands of families and caused casualties. T his is my attempt

Font size:
Collection  PDF     
 

Written on February 23, 2023

Submitted by haneen7997 on February 23, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

54 sec read
1

Quick analysis:

Scheme AAABCDEFGHIJKLAAAMNOPQQQR
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 940
Words 183
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 25

Haneen Zaqout

Haneen Zaqout is a master's student and a freelance content writer. She writes poems for inspiration. more…

All Haneen Zaqout poems | Haneen Zaqout Books

0 fans

Discuss the poem The city unsettled with the community...

0 Comments

    Translation

    Find a translation for this poem in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "The city unsettled" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/153534/the-city-unsettled>.

    Become a member!

    Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

    More poems by

    Haneen Zaqout

    »

    April 2024

    Poetry Contest

    Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
    2
    days
    18
    hours
    24
    minutes

    Special Program

    Earn Rewards!

    Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

    Browse Poetry.com

    Quiz

    Are you a poetry master?

    »
    Who wrote the poem "School Boy" as a part of the poetry collection entitled "Songs of Experience"?
    A Robert Frost
    B William Blake
    C Walt Whitman
    D William Wordworth