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		<title>Separation and Hopes</title>
		<link>https://fountainmagazine.com/all-issues/2015/issue-104-march-april-2015/separation-and-hopes/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louima Cunningham]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Issue 104 (March - April 2015)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ steed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[demon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[died]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faded]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hero]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[slopes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spark]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Again I remembered the days of separation, Years mixed with tears passed by.  I shuddered and froze in my place; Friends had become reconciled with enemies.  While the people swam in deep sleep, Values were lost one after another&#8230; There is blood and sweat on the brow of the past Iron fetters on its feet,       [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Again I remembered the days of separation,<br /> Years mixed with tears passed by. <br /> I shuddered and froze in my place;<br /> Friends had become reconciled with enemies. <br /> While the people swam in deep sleep,<br /> Values were lost one after another&#8230;</p>
<p>There is blood and sweat on the brow of the past<br /> Iron fetters on its feet,       <br /> A bitter smile on its lips.<br /> What a red spirit it clashed with&#8230; </p>
<p>There is still occasional darkness on the horizon;<br /> However, day follows the night&#8230;<br /> Autumn fell in and all the orchards decayed.<br /> Leaves turned yellow and flowers faded. <br /> The hero died, and his steed was tired;<br /> He had fought with a huge malicious demon. <br /> Now even if it seems impossible for him to return,  <br /> We&#8217;re waiting for him at rosy dawns&#8230;<br /> The crowns that once shone,<br /> The slopes that opened their bosoms to the crowned. <br /> Emerald trees on golden slopes,<br /> Reached the caravan of separation and left. </p>
<p>There&#8217;s a spark from that frightful extinction <br /> There are messages in the spark from the return.</p>
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		<title>The Heart of a Child</title>
		<link>https://fountainmagazine.com/all-issues/2009/issue-72-november-december-2009/the-heart-of-a-child/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louima Cunningham]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Issue 72 (November - December 2009)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[jinn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literature & Languages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poem]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[shine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unseen]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Caught in a child’s hand, the seashell becomes treasure, a catalyst of daydreams. Tunes hummed by innocence reach the seagull nearby who gives up flight to breathe in this fresh air. An air that only they can bear, that we forget through years of aging hearts. The sand still has memory of us, although we [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Caught in a child’s hand,</p>
<p>the seashell becomes treasure,</p>
<p>a catalyst of daydreams. Tunes</p>
<p>hummed by innocence reach</p>
<p>the seagull nearby who gives up</p>
<p>flight to breathe in this fresh air.</p>
<p>An air that only they can bear,</p>
<p>that we forget through years</p>
<p>of aging hearts.</p>
<p>The sand still has memory of us,</p>
<p>although we forget. And that starfish</p>
<p>under the stars awaits our return,</p>
<p>but we turn. Away from the past</p>
<p>that gave us sight into a spark</p>
<p>of the divine. To see creation</p>
<p>in its purest form, its brightest shine.</p>
<p>Each grain of sand will be called to</p>
<p>tell his story. Can you imagine?</p>
<p>When from the seen and unseen</p>
<p>Worlds come Men and Jinn.</p>
<p>And to be asked from such an old age,</p>
<p>why we could not stay like a child.</p>
<p>For a moment to see like a child.</p>
<p>To dream like a child.</p>
<p>To take into our heart,</p>
<p>the Heart of the world,</p>
<p>as a child does,</p>
<p>with every blink of existence.</p>
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