Perspective

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 Liana Hanokaee


I see your name in the strangest places

Street signs and cars you would never know

Followed your way like you were Jesus 

Praising religion while another formed

You didn’t want our business public

But love and business are not black and white

For you I’d pray on the highest building

Asking our God to give the blind some sight

Impatience creeps from dust and plain dirt

Laughing and crying bring man to life

Remember life’s not sleep and vain work

Good luck to you and your wife

When on the top, everything looks small

When you feel big you could lose it all


Comments

  1. Marcela HomsanyMarch 27, 2022 at 8:50 PM

    You have an amazing voice and so so so so much talent. Thank you for sharing this beautiful song, I loved it! As someone in the middle of season 2 of Bridgerton, I felt this song deeply.

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  2. Rina ShamilovMarch 28, 2022 at 8:40 AM

    i love this poem and how haphazard it is. there are so many emotions and they are each following a different broken street. my favorite lines are:

    Impatience creeps from dust and plain dirt

    Laughing and crying bring man to life

    Remember life’s not sleep and vain work

    Good luck to you and your wife

    i love the role God plays in this poem, and it is even cooler that God has such a sinister persona here. i love this!

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  3. Professor MillerApril 2, 2022 at 9:35 PM

    I'm only now catching up with your newest poems and reading this lively and engaging Shakespearean (almost) sonnet. It's close enough to feel and read like a sonnet, though you take some liberties with the rhymes. Doesn't bother me in thsi case. There's a lot t talk about with this one, and I would like to nominate if to workshop discussion, if that's OK.

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  4. Yael SpodekApril 3, 2022 at 8:21 AM

    I really liked this poem, the way it flowed so well. The poem told a story and gave so emotion it felt like one of my memories. And I think it super cool to be able to red someone else's poetry and have it feel like I was going over a past memory of mine. The last two lines "When on the top, everything looks small/When you feel big you could lose it all" are my favorite. I really felt them and they were just powerful line to end on. Loved this poem, 11/10, for sure a favorite of mine.

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  10. ElianaApril 11, 2022 at 8:04 AM

    I absolutely love this poem! the religious imagery woven throughout makes it so powerful and the short, compact language makes each line really stand out. I especially love the line "Remember life’s not sleep and vain work". It sounds like it came straight out of Mishlei (Book of Proverbs)

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  11. Professor MillerApril 12, 2022 at 8:36 PM

    Just now finally listened to you sing this. Amazing. Love your performance. You're really talented!

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  12. Professor MillerApril 12, 2022 at 8:36 PM

    We have to publish your vocal performance of this on the class website.

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