October 7, 2020
Dear Friends of the Persian Garden,
Nazee and Joseph Moinian brought this poem to our attention. Entitled "The Alley," it is written by Fereydoon Moshiri. Nazee writes that "it is in honor of our daughter Mahtab (meaning ‘moonlight’) and all the moonlit gardens of a free Iran."
Dear Friends of the Persian Garden,
Nazee and Joseph Moinian brought this poem to our attention. Entitled "The Alley," it is written by Fereydoon Moshiri. Nazee writes that "it is in honor of our daughter Mahtab (meaning ‘moonlight’) and all the moonlit gardens of a free Iran."
Sometimes, unbidden, a memory overcomes you. A certain slant of light, a scent of fall leaves or just turning the corner into an alley. We've all had that flood of emotions.
Moshiri writes about a love that he never forgot -- and the beautiful memories evoked by a lonely moonlit night.
The moon is a celestial being that was used in Iranian poetry, prose, and popular culture to denote the importance and beauty of nature, whether in a garden or an alley. Moshiri's lost love, her face shining like the moon, illuminates the alley of his memories.
Moshiri writes about a love that he never forgot -- and the beautiful memories evoked by a lonely moonlit night.
The moon is a celestial being that was used in Iranian poetry, prose, and popular culture to denote the importance and beauty of nature, whether in a garden or an alley. Moshiri's lost love, her face shining like the moon, illuminates the alley of his memories.
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