We had to throw those planted grains
In any river or running water we could see
To have old, sad roots taken away from us
DNA by Mahnaz Badihian
Is my name more difficult than Deoxyribonucleic acid?
I regret those days by Mahnaz Badihian
Finally I only can be a woman
I listen to my tender skin, to the novel in my heart
And a poem in my eyes
To my tired legs and thinning hair
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What Fear? – by Mahnaz Badihian
They scared us with blood and death everyday
What fear?
We see blood and killing and terror
In our media everyday enough that
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Eastern Lady
Oh, Pure Golden Eastern Lady
Enough with you going through inequality,
Who said I am more than you?
Who said you are less than me?
You are the shame of my story, my silence.
Eastern Lady sung by Ebi Translated by Dr. Mahnaz Badihian
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100,000 poets for change/The Beat Museum’s Fourth Annual Poetry Festival
Performers (as of September 10) Terry Adams, Mahnaz Badihian, Virginia Barrett, David Beckman, Ava Bird, Buford Buntin, Gaetana Caldwell-Smith, Marie Chang, Riki Chen
Captive by Mahnaz B.
We are all held captive under horizon
under the sharp teeth of life
under its heavy jaw
and under its tyranny.
Poetry Event
3300 Mission Street at 29th, San Francisco Sept.6th
Katherine Hastings, Tamam Kahn, Carolyn Losee,
Is Shamloo Iran’s Neruda? / By: M.Badihian
Without doubt, both Shamloo and Neruda will remain part of world poetry, although for the world to know more about Shamloo, more and better translations of his work are needed which will materialize in the years to come, hopefully.
Celebrating Norouz
My mother would never forget to put open-paged Hafiz on her chosen ghazal, while reciting the lines.
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Celebrate the Uprising People of
THE PEOPLE SPEAK!!
celebrate the uprising people of
Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen & Palestine
Friday, February 25, 7pm, ArtInternationale 963 Pacific, San Francisco
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Valentine / Mahnaz badihian
may be the words are devoid of value