Poetry
246. our freedom belongs in our own hands
Iranian singers are quite active lately. Yesterday, I watched many music videos while channel surfin...
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245. We lived happily during the war
Poet Ilya Kaminsky was born in Odessa, a city in the former Soviet Union. His family sought asylum i...
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244. Never give all the heart, for love
William Butler Yeats is one of the greatest poets of the 20th century.
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243. May it strike your soul
Batool Abu Akleen is a poet and translator from Gaza, Palestine.
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242. when they cut you, I bleed
A reader introduced me to poet Dr. Kamand Kojouri, who is an Assistant Professor of English at the A...
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241. Singing through the bloody mist
“Streets of Minneapolis” is a song released by Bruce Springsteen as a response to President Trump’s...
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240. Iran, O my gorgeous paradise
Iranian authorities have just released a patriotic song amid the ongoing war to boost the morale of...
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239. How many times I could have died
I bought 'Letters From Gaza,' edited by Mohammed Al-Zaqqzooq and Mahmoud Alshaer,
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238. when the gun shots didn't arouse the neighbors
If you ever have time, watch Charles Bukowski's poem “Hell is a Lonely Place”
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237. End the war
Batool Abu Akleen is a poet and translator from Gaza, Palestine.
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236. ever tried to enter your own heart?
Baba Bulleh Shah encourages his disciples to stop looking elsewhere and instead look within themselv...
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235. I shall not live in vain
“If fame belonged to me, I could not escape her,” wrote Emily Dickinson in April 1862
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