A Brief History of Persian Literature The Persian LanguageThe Old Persian of the Achaemenian Empire, preserved in a number of cuneiform inscriptions, was an Indo-European tongue with close affinities with Sanskrit and Avestan (the language of the Zoroastrian sacred texts). A Brief History of Persian Literature was last modified: July […]
The difference between poetry and reality? Between nature and its description in poetic form? There is none: poetry like nature is part of reality in the broadest sense of the term. The only discriminant, which Poetry and reality by Oretta was last modified: July 10th, 2006 by mahnaz badihian
first woman to receive Nobel prize in poetry Edna St. Vincent Millay Poet and playwright Edna St. Vincent Millay was born in Rockland, Maine, on February 22, 1892. Her mother, Cora, raised her three daughters on her own after asking her husband to leave the family home in 1899. Cora […]
Faramarz Soleimani Literature: Poems of Iranian Poet, Faramarz Soleimani Translated to English by M. Alexandrian Nostalgia (When I return home…) When I return home mother expects me, she stands with water, mirror and the Quran at the doorstep, poem by; Faramarz Soleimani was last modified: May 17th, 2006 by mahnaz […]
Michael R. Burch Michael R. Burch is the poetry editor of The HyperTexts. He has been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and his work has appeared over 400 times in literary journals and sundry publications in the USA, Michael R. Burch was last modified: May 8th, 2006 by mahnaz […]
Esmail…. For Esmail Khoi(Iranian poet in exile) I am talking to you Esmail When was the last time you had a sip From the Caspian Sea For dreams to come through Esmail by Mahnaz Badihian was last modified: May 3rd, 2006 by mahnaz badihian
BLACK DRESS by Julie Enszer Linen, long. Two slits on the side. I had one exactly like it, but it was purple with two patch pockets. One winter, I stored it until spring. It was lost. I snatch this black one off the rack. I want it mostly for memory. […]
Esmail Khoi From Forough’s Grave, Translated to English by M. Alexandrian I’m returning from Forough’s grave, Dark. Esmail Khoi was last modified: April 26th, 2006 by mahnaz badihian
Reza Baraheni is a fomer Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Tehran, also former President of Canadian PEN. Below is a few poems form a book of poetry he published in English in 1976, God’s Shadow: Prison Poems is a collection of poems based on a period […]
Ahmad Shamlou Iran’s most celebrated contemporary poet Ahmad Shamlo was last modified: April 7th, 2006 by mahnaz badihian