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My name is Adi Heller and I am a tenth grader at Amherst Regional High School in Amherst, MA. For an independent honors English project this year, I have been studying Ghazals, from their birth in Persia and India, to today.


East Bank Poetry

Ghazal

She looks in his direction--his eyes will turn
     blue
But she looks away--the sky is nice but not blue.

When I stare at the face of god, it appears white.
Let's turn to the pastel of Jah--ice becomes blue.

The horses gallop beautifully to please their
     god.
Poseidon's home is his paradise--always blue.

Little girl--fifteen years of age--hates the mirror.
Looks at herself --Experiences crisis called
     blue.

My Aphrodite, she never stands in a shell.
"Don't you try to change me!" She is feisty and
     blue.

Moses stepped up to the Red Sea with staff in
     hand,
Gazed across the ocean, rolled the dice and crossed
     blue.

He's a boy at most, but he's convinced he needs
     love.
What kind of love? He covets a vice that's not
     blue.

The movies scare everyone except for Israel.
He understands--they tantalize you with blue.








Adi Heller

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