Forbidden
Poems from Iran and its Exiles
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2012
183 pages
978-1-60917-329-6 (ISBN)
Description
During the 1979 revolution, Iranians from all walks of life, whether Muslim, Jewish, Christian, socialist, or atheist, fought side-by-side to end one tyrannical regime, only to find themselves in the clutches of another. When Khomeini came to power, freedom of the press was eliminated, religious tolerance disappeared, women's rights narrowed to fit within a conservative interpretation of the Quran, and non-Islamic music and literature were banned. Poets, writers, and artists were driven deep underground and, in many cases, out of the country altogether. This moving anthology is a testament to both the centuries-old tradition of Persian poetry and the enduring will of the Iranian people to resist injustice. The poems selected for this collection represent the young, the old, and the ancient. They are written by poets who call or have called Iran home, many of whom have become part of a diverse and thriving diaspora.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note to the Reader
- Introduction
- The State of Red
- And Behold - Simin Behbahani
- In This Dead-End Road - Ahmad Shamlou
- Death Sermon - Nader Naderpour
- The State of Red - Mandana Zandian
- Parts of a Pedestrian in a Tunnel - Rasoul Younan
- Of Sea Wayfarers - Esmail Khoi
- Blood and Ash - Nader Naderpour
- Camouflage Costumes - Granaz Moussavi
- Untitled - Shams Langeroodi
- A Mob! Tumult! - Peyman Vahabzadeh
- My House Is Cloudy - Nima Yushij
- Blood's Voice - Mohsen Emadi
- If Rising from Your Grave - Naanaam
- Death from the Window - Naanaam
- Life - Naanaam
- The Sticky Dream of a Banished Butterfly (Excerpt) - Maryam Hooleh
- Our Tears Are Sweet - Simin Behbahani
- I See the Sea . . . - Shams Langeroodi
- You Said, It's Only Grapes - Simin Behbahani
- Translating Silence
- Me - Granaz Moussavi
- The Poem - Mohsen Emadi
- From "23" - Shams Langeroodi
- The Shah and Hosseinzadeh - Reza Baraheni
- Hosseinzadeh, the Head Executioner - Reza Baraheni
- Ass Poem - Reza Baraheni
- Depression - Yadollah Royai
- Petition - Nader Naderpour
- A List of Names - Partow Nooriala
- Nargess - Partow Nooriala
- Always the Same . . . - Ahmad Shamlou
- I Did Not Expect - Ahmad Reza Ahmadi
- Of Your Uncles - Ahmad Shamlou
- 99 Names of Exile
- 99 Names of Exile - Kaveh Bassiri
- Ghazal 2 - Nader Naderpour
- Spring Story - Nader Naderpour
- Marco Polo - Ali Alizadeh
- Red-Raft Woman - Esther Kamkar
- Map of Ashen Roads - Sholeh Wolpé
- Memorial Day - Kaveh Bassiri
- Family of Scatterable Mines - Solmaz Sharif
- Airport - Granaz Moussavi
- Bleeding Green
- From Green to Green - Sohrab Sepehri
- The Green of Iran - Sholeh Wolpé
- Song of a Forbidden Woman - Granaz Moussavi
- At the Hamlet of Golestaneh - Sohrab Sepehri
- Summer Is a Green Story - Esther Kamkar
- A New Idea - Rumi
- Feminist - Maryam Ala Amjadi
- When a Color Stops Being a Color, Becomes Something Else Completely - Shideh Etaat
- Rebellious God
- Rebellious God - Forugh Farrokhzad
- Lovers! - Tahirih
- Return to the Wellspring - Jila Mossaed
- Criticizing the Veil - Iraj Mirza
- Collage Sixteen - Ziba Karbassi
- Martyrs of Iran - Roger Sedarat
- I Didn't Ask for My Parents - Sholeh Wolpé
- God's Poem - Nader Naderpour
- Fire
- take a step . . . - Sepideh Jodeyri
- Hezbollah - Sheema Kalbasi
- A Homily on Leaving - Nader Naderpour
- Religion - Amy Motlagh
- Of Leaving - Sholeh Wolpé
- Stepping through Time
- The Art of Stepping through Time - H. E. Sayeh
- In Praise of Big Noses - Persis Karim
- Untitled - Peyman Vahabzadeh
- Those Who Stood Up for Tolerance - Hafez
- Rhyme by Rhyme - Tahirih
- Stay Light on Your Feet - Rumi
- Collage Eleven - Ziba Karbassi
- Collage Fourteen - Ziba Karbassi
- The Plumber's Poem - Zara Houshmand
- My Hands Tremble Yet Again-A Soliloquy - Sheida Mohammadi
- Hot Tea, a Warm Muffin - Shideh Etaat
- Mulberries and Chador - Farzaneh Milani
- Return from My Body's Black-and-Blue - Sheida Mohammadi
- Caravan - H. E. Sayeh
- Connection - Forugh Farrokhzad
- I Won't Quit Loving - Hafez
- Morning Star - Ziba Karbassi
- Twittering - Pegah Ahmadi
- Someone like No One - Forugh Farrokhzad
- Water - Sohrab Sepehri
- About the Poets and Translators
