Cinema Paradiso
A loud explosion, and the
building collapses into pieces
What will remind us of all the things that took place
in that building, in that town
The love of a woman who remained faithful to her
husband
who did not come back from the war
The love of a mother, who remained dedicated to her kids
who always asked why their dad did not come back
The love of a kid who was fascinated by the art of
motion picture
The love of a community that came together in the middle of town
to watch a movie on a wall
The man who lost his loved one because of just a
short delay in time.
The man who always found something was missing in any woman.
There is so much in the coffin moving slowly in this town
to bury these memories, and to open space for new ones
Hossein Hakim
Hossein Hakim was born in
Tehran, Iran. He came to the United States in 1976 for his graduate studies in
electrical engineering and received a Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1982. He
was
a professor of electrical engineering for 38 years and retired in 2020.
His interests are philosophy, history, poetry, cooking, playing pickleball and
traveling around the world. He has taken
three one-month long poetry workshops with Ella Peary and Caitlin Jans at
Authors Publish (authorspublish.com). The following poems are his first attempt
to publish his work.