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Poetry

12 September, 2023 • Allen C Jones

Allen C. Jones—Two Poems from Son of a Cult

A child grows up in a Northern California cult — a close-knit community of 400 people who seek to live an ideal, even utopian life.

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3 September, 2023 • Sholeh Wolpé

Two Poems, Practicing Absence & At the Airport—Sholeh Wolpé

In her memoir in verse, a poet recounts a day in the life at the cemetery, and a day in the life at the airport.

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3 August, 2023 • Pantea Amin Tofangchi

Three Poems from Pantea Amin Tofangchi’s Glazed With War

Pantea Amin Tofangchi grew up in poetry, war, death, conflict, beauty, hatred, love, and censorship all at the same time. She was eight when the Iran‑Iraq War started and in… Continue reading Three Poems from Pantea Amin Tofangchi’s Glazed With War

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3 August, 2023 • Annie Finch

Three Poems from Annie Finch’s Earth Days

Annie Finch’s poetry is a pure tone that calls us home to the first impulse of poetry. We link to mystery. We lift off. —Joy Harjo     “Annie Finch’s… Continue reading Three Poems from Annie Finch’s Earth Days

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4 July, 2023 • Joyce Mansour, Emilie Moorhouse

Joyce Mansour

Syrian Jewish, Egyptian and French, Joyce Mansour was a profilic poet and Surrealist.

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4 July, 2023 • Sudeep Sen

Sudeep Sen

TMR presents one of India’s most prized poets with four poems from his latest, "Red."

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4 June, 2023 • Ali Al-Jamri

An Island Without a Sea: Bahrain Odyssey

UK-based poet and editor of Between Two Islands, Ali Al-Jamri takes us on a Bahrain journey.

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2 May, 2023 • Mona Kareem

Three Poems by Mona Kareem

Mona Kareem presents three poems from her new collection, I Will Not Fold These Maps, translated by Sara Elkamel.

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2 May, 2023 • Elena Karina Byrne

Three Poems by Elena Karina Byrne

The poet presents three poems from her fifth collection, If This Makes You Nervous.

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5 March, 2023 • Farnaz Fatemi

Poet Farnaz Fatemi

Farnaz Fatemi is an Iranian American poet in California whose book "Sister Tongue" won the 2021 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize.

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5 March, 2023 • Erik Lindner

Poet Erik Lindner, Words Are the Worst

Erik Lindner is a Dutch poet whose "Words are the Worst" was shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry.

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15 December, 2022 • Nazanin Malekan

Music for Tomorrow: Iranians Yearn for Freedom

Nazanin Malekan vibes with the women's revolution in Iran via her love for music and poetry, both Persian and western.

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15 December, 2022 • Yahia Lababidi

Two Poems From Desert Songs by Yahia Lababidi

When he lived in Cairo, poet Yahia Lababidi would periodically head to the desert; Desert Songis the result.

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15 December, 2022 • Tishani Doshi

Three Poems by Tishani Doshi

Madras, Indian-born poet, writer, and dancer Tishani Doshi presents three of her latest poems.

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15 November, 2022 • TMR, Sholeh Wolpé

5 Poems & a Video—Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and Its Diaspora

Poems from Iranian poets in Iran and diaspora, from a new anthology edited by Christopher Nelson and introduced by Kaveh Bassiri.

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