
The Wheel and Helm
Poet: Alireza Bemanian
|January 10, 2026
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The wheel, helm, the tiller,
discerned avenues, abandoned fields,
grasp of the course, comprehending schemes,
the streams and cascades, torrents and brooks.
Devotees and disciples, advocates and believers,
the saddle, the water, contents and simmers,
encircle and enfold, succumb and surmise,
reveries to reach, oceans to brim.
Reservoirs and basins, the ponds and the lakes
the larger and harsher, the shifts and motions,
the calmer and soother, the pavements and pathways,
stretch the measures, adhere the notions.
While, drawbacks and snags, the domes and arches,
wailings and laments, the moans and whimpers,
make the move sheer, change demands adhere,
durations and lengths, certainty and faith,
snarl and sneer, to rumble and roar.
Still, the burdens, consignments and loads,
make it to aim and target, do pursue the conceals,
destiny, vocation, the fate and fortune,
reshape shall be certain, assured, and posed farther.
The birds chirp, flowers bloom,
the shine, patina, and gloss,
promises are spread, convictions extend,
the joy to remain, the zeal and ardor,
oceans to fulfill, surmises to conject.
The zests and kernels, gustoes and savors,
foresee the feats, ferment the remnants,
confess and declare, further to foretell,
the buds and offshoots, stand the hurdles.
Cupolas and vaults, cover the course,
the whole is sustained, the life is pertained,
and then, the core and the hub, transpose, spread,
the feast and banquet, have made it to spare.

