tarek chemaly
three books
2009
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‹ Storytelling with rhymesread as a bookThe future, as we imagined it to be, only not quite ›

Edoxus 2004

The concert is over

The concert is now over, the people vanished in a puff,
Everyone was singing along, now I am alone with my stuff.

One guy told me he liked my songs, but just one guy is not enough,
I want everyone to come to me, their indifference makes it so rough.

I can handle critics and fans alike, I am a poet and a one man band,
A tender soul I play the part, I wear my heart in the palm of my hand.

I play street corners and dream of having my face on newspapers stands,
But the concert is over, the people gone, to greener pastures and better lands.
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‹ Storytelling with rhymesread as a bookThe future, as we imagined it to be, only not quite ›

Tarek Chemaly, “The concert is over”, getting the news from poems (2009), p. 87.

Tarek Chemaly’s three books of 2009, published on 111101 with the author’s permission. getting the news from poems: layout Mike Awad. Archewallogy: design Farah Samman, cover Ashekman. Jnune 7 – 2009: with Rami El Khoury, Upstairs Publishing; photographs as credited on each page.