And Suddenly the Woman Said: “Leopard!”

by Ezzat Goushegir

Standing at the window facing the forest, the woman was singing the lyrics to the Cupid and Psyche opera. Exactly at the point when Psyche, curious and care-ridden, holds the candle up to Cupid’s face to examine her complexion in the dark, as a drop of molten wax drips on Cupid’s body, suddenly a spark, much like lightning emitted from a pair of eyes, penetrated her eyelids; stopping her tongue on the word drop.

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For a skeleton's 44th year
by Fatemeh Haghverdian
Translated by:Ramin Rostampour

My father sowed my life in the wind
So that my mother would reap whirlwind
I was born upon the hand
So that I would grasp my life with both hands.
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The year is ended, and it only adds to my age;
Spring has come, but I must take leave of my home.
Alas, that the trees in this eastern garden,
Without me, will still bear flowers.

Su Ting (670-727)

February 19th, 2007 started the Chinese new year DingHai of 4704 represented by the year of the Pig (boar).
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A Poem

by Pooyan Sadeghi

today
the trees were crying
not from sorrow
but because they were so happy
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Poems by Mariella De Santis
translated from Italian to English by Anthony Robbins

Awaiting the Barbarians

We shall be no example
for the timorous or faint-hearted
We never mixed our blood
to create a new species
The strong will stay with the strong
the feeble with the feeble
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Anthony John Robbins
A native of England, studied English literature at university and taught criticism at the Australian National University before changing tack and entering the business world.
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In Alfonso Cuarón's recent movie "Children of Men" we see a brilliant portrait of a world in which the concept of 'human' is brought to the front of our imagination. Alfonso Cuarón has previously introduced his touch for human emotions and behavior with "Y tu mamá también." In this new film, we are introduced to a dystopic nearby future in which, for unknown reasons, humanity has borne its last child 18 years ago.

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The devil in music
by Roger Bonair-Agard

– for Wammo and the North Stand
They say they want to have a musical change in pan
Well I didn’t tell them Yes
Well I didn’t tell them No


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Manuchehr Jamali, The Obstinate Iranian Thinker
Manuchehr Jamali´s writings cover a wide spectrum of subjects and ideas which are unfolding their outlines vis-à-vis a background of five thousand years or more of Iranian culture summed up by the author as “Farhang-e Simorghi” (Simorgh culture). With diligence and patience he spent the last


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“A menacing mood permeates the form and content of my most recent work. As in the past, I am dealing with expressions that intertwine traditions and stereotypes with themes that are familiar to my generation." Vincent Valdez


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The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

Reviewed by Pooyan Sadeghi

Every once in a great while, someone writes a book that completely revolutionizes the way in which people view themselves and the universe they are a part of. Richard Dawkins’ book “The God Delusion” is decidedly not one of those books.

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Like Last Year
By Nosratollah Massoudi
Translated From Persian by Mahnaz Badihian



I come to visit you
Without flowers or chocolates

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Ario Mashayekhi has recently done a series of portraits of famous Iranian contemporary artists. All done with acrylic on paper. For more information on Ario click here.






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Subtlety

by Andres Alfaro

Just once
isn’t it time
that we dropped our subtle acts
and speak to each other plainly?


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Dear Mr. President: Send Even MORE Troops (and you go, too!) ...from Michael Moore
1/10/07

Dear Mr. President,

Thanks for your address to the nation. It's good to know you still want to talk to us after how we behaved in November.

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