brand new face of me

That night I felt far
Not alone or even away

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Eidetan mobarak

John Timpane

John Timpane is the Commentary Page editor for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Modern Woman
I am a restless woman
A woman with strong shoulders,
That carries life.
With iron feet,

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International Women's Day

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The shore Of Silence

Grumbled again the tired wave of travel
in the charm of being in love with the

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Because my mouth
Is wide with laughter

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Amorous

Oh…
I loved you so
Like acacias in a moonlit night
In the hands of a caressing breeze

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Don't Be Fooled This Isn't an Issue of Islam versus Secularism
By ROBERT FISK
send by; Sepideh Khosrojah
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Spirit

Flock by flock they go,
Candles in their hands,
With begrudged hands that strike and,
With no time to spare.

Theses butterflies that come dancing,
From the darkness of the sky,
To the fine blue earth.

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Sketchy Species
The smelliness of you
by John Timpane in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ve all met him.

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By Safa Haeri

KOLN (IPS) Aramesh Doostdar is probably one of the few Iranian philosophers in the western meaning of the word.

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poetry and modernist
The questioning of the self and the exploration of technical innovations in modernist poetry are
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Iranian poet, writer, literary critic, translator, and the founder of children's poetry in Iran, with FREE extracts of Persian Poetry and Prose.

He walks through the forest

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The Chinese new year is dates from as far back as 2600 BC during which the Emperor Huang Ti introduced the first cycle of the zodiac. The calendar is based off of the observations of the movement of the Sun, Moon, and the stars. The Zodiac is an astronomical sign, this is the year of the Dog starting January 29th 2006, but in the Chinese new year this is the year of 4703-4704. Find out your Zodiac sign here.

How to say Happy New Year in Cantonese:
Gung hay fat choy (a New Year greeting meaning, "May you become prosperous.")
Sun nien fai lok (meaning, "Happy new year")

In Mandarin: Xin nian yu kuai ('Happy New Year')

For more information about the traditions of the Chinese new year click here.