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My American Love

        Thirty-Two Poems for Wendy

Twenty-Six. 

Watching the Snow with Wendy

        By Majid Naficy

Hafez in Shiraz

Saw the snow-capped summit of Derak

And yet in his ghazals

Spoke of Burning Bush in Mount Sinai,

And Goethe in Weimar

Fell in love with young Marianne

And yet in his Diwan

Spoke of Zuleika’s love for  Joseph.

But I let go of ghosts

And with my love Wendy

Go to Lake Tahoe heights 

To watch the snow.

February 10, 2019

POEMS: 1. On the Bridge, ۲. I Hope the Water Returns, ۳. Empty Baskets ۴. Coffee Maker ۵. Anxious Heart ۶. Washing ۷. Bougainvillea ۸. Simple Truth ۹. Persian-Singing Bird ۱۰. The Gardener ۱۱. Lost Cypresses ۱۲. Visiting the Wall ۱۳. Is Love a Glass of Hormones? ۱۴. Independence Day ۱۵:  Oh, Pain ۱۶. The Season of Picking Raspberries ۱۷. Who Is More Envied? ۱۸. Watching Baseball ۱۹. A Night in Calistoga ۲۰. Dreaming “High Noon” ۲۱. I Do Not Write Poetry for Eternity ۲۲. Our Footprints in Maui ۲۳. Bay to Breakers ۲۴. The Altar of Poetry ۲۵. Dublin ۲۶. Watching the Snow with Wendy