by gnj4uBoston, Massachusetts, USA
Feb 2011 1,322 Views 22 comments
Bah·rain
Persian
Gulf
pearl
urban
from
ancient
times
between
two seas
of salty
tears that
rain down
unrelentingly
while freshwater
springs up like hope
bubbling to the surface
may this aquifer remain
an oasis in the dessert
as the sands of time
blow across the
seas
Gulf
pearl
urban
from
ancient
times
between
two seas
of salty
tears that
rain down
unrelentingly
while freshwater
springs up like hope
bubbling to the surface
may this aquifer remain
an oasis in the dessert
as the sands of time
blow across the
seas
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Posted: Feb 2011
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Comments (22)
Terrific and informative write: And our thoughts are certainly with those living amidst the current unrest...
Best wishes
Bill
thank you for every letter you have written
thank you for your kind and honst feelings
i weeped my country for a week now and i cannot bring myslef to pass by manama
i am writting a peom about that
actully hun you made me all teary
i love my country so dearly and i would give my heart mind and soul for it
and thank you again
Did you know Bahrain was one of Iran's provinces which the UK forced our dethroned Shah to surrender to them in about 40 years ago in a winter? I was then in the 9th form and felt so sad to lose it which still was mentioned as ours in our geography textbooks which had been printed some months earlier in summer. Of course, we have never laid claim to this island, nor will we ever do. It was taken from us by the UK and passed to the household of its present king simply for its resources to be shared by both of them. I hope the Bahrainis succeed in attaining what they want and is their right.
Thanks for sharing this invaluable pearl of tear.
in the turbelence that has become our world.
I yield to no one in my respect for you as a distinguished writer and scholar.
But I wonder if your recollection of events in 1971 is correct. I served in the RAF at Royal Air Force Muharraq in Bahrain from Autumn 1970 until autumn 1971.
From 1861 until 1971 Bahrain was a British Protectorate and was granted independance in 1971. To my knowledge - and here I stand to be corrected by your greater local knowledge, the deposed Shah of Iran was not party to the negotiations leading to an independant Bahrain.
As you will know, the Al Khalifa's have been the Rulers of Bahrain since 1783 despite being members of the minority sunnis, indeed, being outnumbered by some 6 to 1 by the shi'ites.
But I am not a historian, especially with regard to Middle East matters. I am sure you will be able to cast more light on my sketchy knowledge of the situation.
Yours in admiration.
Fellsman (Bill).
Dearest Bell! I hate historical-territorial debates. I believe, instead, in people's welfare. I partially agree with you but the reality lies beyond what both of us know. I can just hand in a background here and ask you to see the entry Bahrain in Wikipedia.
The way of life in the region until recent times, has always been like that in the UK in the ancient times—clans with local kings who helped the central king in emergency cases. All goes back unfortunately to the devastating centuries of the crusades which ended in the establishment of the Ottoman empire extending from Europe to Egypt and even Libya, and the times before that when the church burned all secular books and the Europeans had to go to the Middle-Eastern universities to study and learn the ancient Greek and Roman and Persian philosophy and sciences (sciences hadn't yet been separated from philosophy) which had already been translated to Arabic and were taught in those centers.
During the crusades' insecure times, the Jews fled upward to Europe and the European graduates of those Eastern academies too left the unsafe region and returned to their homes to establish the great European universities and even those famous ones in the UK. In fact the only benefit of the crusades was the establishment of the European universities and emancipation of science and technology from the restrictive church laws, discovery of gunpowder and invention of gun, and the discovery of the America.
Those who had already learned physics, mechanics and chemistry invented gun and used gunpowder to later employ against the Ottoman Empire through putting them at the disposal of the clans kings and encouraging them to rise for independence from that Empire. Due to the war and disconnection of the route from India to Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf, the merchant vessels too who wanted to go to India through Atlantic Ocean found the American continent accidentally.
Though all the countries Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen, Iraq, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia had clan kings, they were all subjects of the kings of great countries Iran, Greece, Rome, Egypt, and the Ottomans. With this background, you can read on the detailed account of Bahrain's history in Wikipedia. But let us know that what matters is the current territorial state of the countries and especially the people's welfare and demands.
And! I hereby humbly ask all our nice fellows not to magnify this side issue and stop this undesirable discussion and just enjoy GnJ4Us's masterful poem and only comment on its form and content. Pardon me for initiating this barren subject unwittingly and ignorantly.
Forgive me, please, dear Bell. The following is the link. You can then go to its historical part (especially its final sections) and the section on the discovery of oil.
cj
Amist the unrest, and through disagreements, we join to celebrate the spirit of peace that permeates this Corner of the world. May we all work to keep it so that ours (everyone's!) be the tears of happiness rather than sadness. Hopefully, the peace we nurture and enjoy will break through Corners and spread its loving arms, encircling all. moonlight31, For this small drop of human kindness, you are most welcome.
and all the unrest going on.
Great poem... and sure would love to see "freshwater spring up like hope... this aquifer remain an oasis..."
Thank you for reading and commenting on my poem. Sadly, as F1's June 3rd deadline approaches, the only news about Bahrain these days is speculation about when/if the Bahrain Grand Prix, originally scheduled for Feb. 21, will happen. Because we settle for less, journalism fails to keep us informed.
Nice write. Very good actually !
Life....we never know what is around each corner....
Kathy