some couplet by bedil
One’s worth is measured by the amount of world possessions these days,...
One’s worth is measured by the amount of world possessions these days,...
translated from the Persian by Khashayar Kess Mohammadi...
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For my people everywhere singing their slave songs repeatedly:
I like to ask people if they have a hyperbolic self-pity phrase they repeat to themselves for pleasure and comfort. One writer told me his phrase is, “You’re minor.” Another...
I always resented all the years, the hours, the...
There is no room on this planet for anything less than a miracle
Lay down these words...
And by now it has almost lost its scent---...
I think about this one a lot....
Why should I have been surprised?...
Hard to say what the best way is to typeset this in markdown -- but below is a poem I dearly love, by World War I poet Roland Leighton as a test....
A Kind of Loss...
I’ve been...
Human Surplus...
near butterfly mountain