We have been an aggregate of wishes And hopes, of the future, of blessings, of aches And pleasure, of the sacred liberties For which families have labored and grieved. Marvin Bell / Yes, We Can/ On the inauguration of Barack Obama … was last modified: January 29th, 2009 by mahnaz […]
I see my face, framed within Pop’s black-framed glasses And know he’s laughing too. * pop/ by barack Obama was last modified: January 22nd, 2009 by mahnaz badihian
Poem for Obama inauguration Say it plain, that many have died for this day. Sing the names of the dead who brought us here, who laid the train tracks, raised the bridges, Elizabeth Alexander / Praise song for the day. was last modified: January 22nd, 2009 by mahnaz badihian
Unexpectedly, sun is rising on your shoulders As you come from a long road of battle Poem for Obama – Mahnaz badihian(Oba)- Unexpectedly was last modified: January 20th, 2009 by mahnaz badihian
Alexander, a 46-year-old professor of African-American studies and a finalist for the 2005 Pullitzer Prize, will deliver her poem moments after Obama is sworn in as the country’s first black president on January 20, organizers said. Elizabeth Alexander /Obama Chooses Inaugural Poet / was last modified: December 24th, 2008 by […]
McAfee (1928-1982) was a professor, a writer, and a poet, taught creative writing for 29 years in University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. Bejan Baran: JAMES THOMAS McAFEE ” This Is My Living Room “ was last modified: December 15th, 2008 by mahnaz badihian
Jordanian police arrested a local writer Tuesday for incorporating verses of the Quran, the Muslim holy book, into his love poetry, a judicial official said. Jordan arrests poet Islam Samhan accused of insulting Islam was last modified: October 21st, 2008 by mahnaz badihian
If there were no war, We could construct a bridge between Earth and Mars Melting weapons in an open-hearth furnace. If there were no war, “Language for a New Century” is a poetic survival manual was last modified: October 18th, 2008 by mahnaz badihian
Open up, genitalia like a consenting flower Undo the latches of your retreat OPEN UP, GENITALIA by Ana Istarú was last modified: October 10th, 2008 by mahnaz badihian
——– There are five thousand of us here in this small part of the city. We are five thousand. I wonder how many we are in all in the cities and in the whole country? Victor Jara and the story of his last poem was last modified: October 6th, 2008 […]