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 […]
I wore you I wore you today Like a raggedy coat For the feel of how warm it used be …. Mashile won the 2006 Noma Award for her poetry collection, In a Ribbon of Rhythm. Lebogang Mashile was last modified: August 9th, 2009 by mahnaz badihian
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 […]
There are women who will go to bed With their lover with my body And they will talk and kiss with my lips They will talk with my voice Pomegranate Tree / Mahnaz badihian(Oba) was last modified: July 27th, 2009 by mahnaz badihian
Angry soldiers fill with tiny footsteps the bellies of helpless women Tragic wars /Elnaz Rezai was last modified: July 26th, 2009 by mahnaz badihian
Our green whisper In your young body falls sleep But our resonance will increase And multiply in number day by day Wait Neda By Mahnaz Badihian was last modified: June 26th, 2009 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 […]
Translated from Spanish by Andres Alfaro I have traveled, too. Like a particle of dust I have fluttered through the house and landed on the books. 2 poems by Lauren Mendinueta was last modified: June 9th, 2009 by mahnaz badihian
CERTAIN SOMEBODY CALLED: LTD WAS STANDING OUT THERE SOUND AND SENSIBLE . LTD / FARAMARZ SOLEIMANI was last modified: June 4th, 2009 by mahnaz badihian
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, […]