Three Poems by Hossein Nazari
i carry
dismembered memories
in my suitcase
fractured dreams
in my skull
Poetry
Three Odes to Spring: Shafiei Kadkani
Pari Azarm Motamedi is an Iranian artist now living in Canada whose devotion to literature is manifest in her paintings. Her practice and interests for […]
The Gawky Schizoid
A poem by Mona Jafari Scrambling in drying concrete as her bed every night, Pray tell, what comes of a face that can never see […]
Vartan: a poem by Ahmad Shamlou
Today is Ahmad Shamlou’s 92nd birthday, a blessed occasion to read one of his finest poems: “Vartan didn’t Say a Word” is a political poem […]
The Oasis of Now
The Oasis of Now: Selected Poems of Sohrab Sepehri Translators: Kazim Ali; Mohammad Jafar Mahallati Publication Date: October 2013 Publisher: BOA Editions ASIN: B00E257USY One should […]
Sohrab’s Way – by Martin Turner
Graduated in psychology from the University of Exceter, Martin V. Turner (1948 – 2009) an educational psychologist, poet and translator. As a translator of a […]
Sadness – Ahmad Shamlou
“They smell your mouth/ in case you said, ‘I love you.’ “
