Tag: poetry by may ziadeh

• Author and Salon Host, Miss May’s Birthday Party

  

  b. Feb 11, 1886 (heaven resets, and so she shows up around my age together.) …Pick an outfit for day, for breakfast. Maybe dance later! Applaud. I translated this French poem by May when I’d found her first book of poems; it is an introduction to the book. 😊💕 But I wrote it two other…

  02/11/2023 8:30 am

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• May Ziadeh in MainGate Magazine, a short biography with titles of speeches she gave—and her poetry

  

  My poet friend Hagop Kazazian sent me this article in a magazine from recent times: End Note Comments by me: —I wonder what she said about Columbus discovering America in her first speech at this college; I’d mention him myself often mostly metaphorically… —I believe her brother mentioned here died as a young child and…

  08/17/2022 2:27 pm

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• Capricious by May Ziadeh

  A poem written by May Ziadeh under her pen-name I. Copia from her first book of poetry, Flowers of a Dream, Fleurs de Reve (1911), translated by me from the French into English. When I’d come upon this book of poetry of hers online by surprise last May, I’d decided to read just one poem before bed and…

  06/09/2022 8:47 am

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• Author and Poet, May Ziadeh’s Birthday

  

  Happy birthday, Mayy! 😊💕136 never looked so good! (…and that is earth years.) 😊🎊 b. Feb. 11, 1886 in Nazareth, lived in Egypt and Lebanon, d. Oct. 17, 1941 in Cairo. May Elias Ziadeh was a writer and editor, author of poetry, biographies and fiction, knew nine languages, was a speaker, translator, and tutor, and…

  02/11/2022 4:27 pm

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• A Sweet, Refreshing Beginning…

  

  The literary salon begins with some blush… Yesterday afternoon, ‘Rumi’ black tea in a glass with a splash of almond milk. Autumn begins tomorrow…🍂😊 I send you my morning wishes and return to the salon with a cup of green tea and glimpsing the sky between sips as its colors lighten and merge… * Today…

  09/21/2021 8:10 am

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• Leave Me (For Just A Little) with poem by May Ziadeh

  

  June 2, 2021 The sky today as I woke up, a continuation. And a note from me: Dear May, I’ve enjoyed this series of skies. You paint so beautifully and shared your happiness with me at the same time. Thank you. * When I lived in Brooklyn, NY I would hope often to someday live…

  06/02/2021 4:08 pm

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