They Are Talking About Globalization


Doors are banging
Approaching inside
Doorsteps have left the line


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Beyond Judgement Day
By Nosratollah Massoudi

Translated From Persian by Mahnaz Badihian

When dawn comes and
Violets Pour
I remember the days
That the Sunny moments
Would Swirl around you



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Mahmag mostly displayed painted art last year, so in an attempt to diversify we bring a sample of Jude Melling's graphic art.


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....orange clouds, gray day

Without a kiss,
lovers let go of each other’s arms
to go their own separate way.
The old man on the bench
shakes his head in total dismay.


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translated from Italian by:
Ruth Feldman


Don’t leave me alone
with the moon’s corpse.

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Winter Solstice Iranian Style!


December 21st is the Winter Solstice -- the longest night of the year -- and it has been celebrated by Iranians for millennia. The festivity is essentially rooted in an appreciation of nature and despite various religious movements in Iran, including the present Islamic one, this culture has not been effaced.

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Yalda - Shab-e Cheleh - Shab-e Yalda
Shab-e Yalda
Yalda, a Syric word imported into the Persian language by the Syric Christians means birth (tavalud and melaad are from the same origin). It is a relatively recent arrival and it is refereed to the "Shab e Cheleh Festival" a celebration of Winter Solstice on December 21st. Forty days before the next major Persian festival "Jashn e Sadeh" this night has been celebrated in countless cultures for thousands of years. The ancient Roman festivals of Saturnalia (God of Agriculture, Saturn) and Sol Invicta (Sun God) are amongst the best known in the Western world.

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Kalbasi’s poetry is generous and abundantly human, passionate and compassionate -- Jimmy Santiago Baca, award winning poet, and author of Immigrants in Our Own Land

Here are two of the poems from the book.
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Read few poems from the book of"From Zayandeh Rud To The Mississippi" and book reviews by: Marvin Bell(American poet)- Ehsan YarShater-Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)- and by Jennifer Langer

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Reviewer: Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

The verse of poet, writer and dentist Mahnaz Badihian (Oba) reflects the mystic poets of her Iranian childhood and is hallmarked by romantic, simple and philosophical
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for your doubts
by Alina Rizzi

return to your time
without turning to you
find again convinced the death calm
that you loved

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The Stage of the Meeting.
project

About us

Teatro dell’Argine is a theatre company of 3 directors, 3 playwrights and about 20 actors and theatre teachers.
Our 220 seats Theatre, ITC Teatro, is located just outside Bologna. There we carry out our own productions, house performances of other companies, and offer dozens of workshops for children and teenagers.

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Terrorist
( This poem was born after reading a captured suicide bomber's interview )

You have changed the smell of our land
The color of our flowers
You changed my name
My new name is terrorist

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