Goteborg, Sweden 11-12 October 2008 In Memory of great Iranian poet Manouchehr Atashi The Fifth International Festival of Poetry “Merci Poesie” was last modified: October 4th, 2008 by mahnaz badihian
Oct 042008
Tue Sep 30 7 pm: Featured Poets from Marin Poetry Anthology 2008
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Sep 302008
Victoriously we decided to win When we trashed all the paradox and Looked at the brightness around us Where we can test freedom and love —– Marin Poetry Center contributors to the latest anthology will be reading from their works. Contributors include: Mahnaz Badihian, Ellen Bass, Karen Benke, Claire Blotter…….. […]
Behzad Mohit / A Sufi’s Prayer
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Sep 252008
Free from the boiling blood on this Earth. Let my tears pour down from the sky And drench the fire of revenge in Man’s heart. Behzad Mohit / A Sufi’s Prayer was last modified: September 25th, 2008 by mahnaz badihian
Sep 102008
I am difficult, like your tresses; Like your tresses, I am rebellious. Rumi Ghazal 36 /Translated from Farsi by Mahnaz Badihian and John Timpane was last modified: September 10th, 2008 by mahnaz badihian
Beautiful Poem by Rabindranath Tagore
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Aug 212008
Go not to the temple to put flowers upon the feet of God, Beautiful Poem by Rabindranath Tagore was last modified: August 21st, 2008 by mahnaz badihian
Forsaken, not forgotten / Lana Šlezi
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Aug 142008
‘I am an Afghan woman It only makes sense to moan’ (Final stanza from a poem by Nadia Anjuman) Forsaken, not forgotten / Lana Šlezi was last modified: August 14th, 2008 by mahnaz badihian
Mahmoud Darwish died at age 67
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Aug 142008
“Ummi” (“My Mother”) I long for my mother’s bread, And my mother’s coffee, And her touch. Mahmoud Darwish died at age 67 was last modified: August 14th, 2008 by mahnaz badihian
Jun 042008
It is so sad my dear comrades that The darkness of human deceit Has damaged the beauty of trust Mr.Vici / Mahnaz Badihian was last modified: June 4th, 2008 by mahnaz badihian
M. K. SADIGH / poem #23
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May 162008
Twinkles to lighten the darkness of somberness M. K. SADIGH / poem #23 was last modified: May 16th, 2008 by mahnaz badihian
4 new poems by Julie Enszer
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Apr 082008
I gathered stones for weeks large, rounded, flat. Picked up on walks, deposited in the foyer with shoes and coats, each one was larger than the last as my resolve grew and grew. 4 new poems by Julie Enszer was last modified: April 8th, 2008 by mahnaz badihian