You walked away

You walked away from me and the scent of your lips lingered in the rose garden aimlessly. Then your eyes, those deep grey eyes looked back to find the memory of a gaze which...

Ended

The story had a happy ending as such stories might have. Why am I crying then? The white swan watching me from afar asked? Maybe the story should end a different way? Maybe I...

You were talking

You were talking in your sleep and the words twisted their way from under my pillow to the moonlight over water. And the willow tree combed waves of shadows from my heart and washed...

Poems written by Rouhi Shafii These poems have no history attached to them. Just scattered thoughts from near and afar. You were walking You were walking down the road and the echo of your...

Pomegranate Hearts

An historical novel covering the length of the twentieth century. For Pomegranate Heart Pomegranate Hearts : Rouhi Shafii, ISBN:095444814-6, Shiraz Press, 2006, Price : £9.99 Available at: www.Amazon.co.uk Description ‘Pomegranate Hearts’ is an historical...

The story of love in the classical Persian literature

Exile Ink Magazine September 2008 “One story is, the story of love yet, I hear it from every tongue and all is different.” In the classical Persian literature, the story of love and love...

Today

Down the memory lane from under the flakes of shadows a word, so precious to speak so vivid to write so powerful to grasp jumped into the paper and a whirlwind of fire found...