Aug 2017
I
The tongues of hell
Swallowed the leaves
The trees had uttered
To summon the rain.
II
(“I will not weep,”
Said the poet
To himself,
“I will repeat.”).
© LazharBouazzi, Carthage, TUNISIA, August 3, 2017
The tongues of hell
Swallowed the leaves
The trees had uttered
To summon the rain.
II
(“I will not weep,”
Said the poet
To himself,
“I will repeat.”).
© LazharBouazzi, Carthage, TUNISIA, August 3, 2017
*Ifriquiya is the Arabized name given to the « Province of Africa, » the name the Romans gave to Carthage (Tunisia)after they had burned it, which became afterwards the name designating the whole continent of Africa.
