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.
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.
Persian is the only language that is currently called by three different names (Farsi, Tajik and Dari) in English.
Apparently, they're a couple of decades behind the "liberal" West, and not so stuck after all.
THE EXCUSE
Yes, you are that which the heart desires.
But,
alas!
It is a long time since that bloody pigeon,
the searcher of the lost enchanted tower, has flown.
Amnesty International has called on Iran to stop persecuting people who campaign for women's rights.
US intervention in Iranian politics in 1950's crushed a budding democracy in that country.
Dear Friends and Activists,
They say that the internet will take over everything, and we believe
it.
They say that the internet will take over everything, and we believe
it.
Dedicated to Iranian-American poet Mahnaz Badihian
Say, how many wings of a dove
Has been broken in this voice?
Say, how many wings of a dove
Has been broken in this voice?
