With a few simple words he said “I hope you’re not tired my love” And I was so happy that someone understood my weariness it felt like a sugar cube melting in my heart. The Ancient Mustache Hair / Mahnaz Badihian (oba) was last modified: August 10th, 2009 by andres […]
Lebogang Mashile

Iranians have been protesting for centuries — if you could read Persian, you’d know. They are a nation with a keen sense of their rights, and an audacity to speak up for themselves, whether it’s in the streets, on the page or on the web. Voices of Protest: The Iranian […]
Pomegranate Tree / Mahnaz badihian(Oba)
Tragic wars /Elnaz Rezai
Angry soldiers fill with tiny footsteps the bellies of helpless women Tragic wars /Elnaz Rezai was last modified: July 26th, 2009 by mahnaz badihian
Wait Neda By Mahnaz Badihian
Prop 8 as a denominator of human rights / By:Mahnaz Badihian
Instead of denying our rights, we need to spend energy to perfect our rights I can share my love With wind With roses With thorns With whoever makes me Feel in love I ask the wind, “will you blow my kisses To the other side of the river To the […]
2 poems by Lauren Mendinueta
CERTAIN SOMEBODY CALLED: LTD WAS STANDING OUT THERE SOUND AND SENSIBLE . LTD / FARAMARZ SOLEIMANI was last modified: June 4th, 2009 by mahnaz badihian
Diane di Prima as 5th San Francisco Poet Laureate
Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1934, Diane di Prima lived and wrote in Manhattan for many years, where she became known in the Beat movement and other experimental post-World War II literary and art movements. Diane di Prima as 5th San Francisco Poet Laureate was last modified: May 27th, […]

