22 Elegies in the Month of Tir, a new collection of poetry about post election events in Iran, has been published online // read the translation here

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Poem 25 / Notes For The Wooden Nightingale

Speech about freedom is undone
when not even a breeze
assists
the dead
to shake ants and grasses
with pride
from their dark eyelashes.

Speech about freedom is undone
when martyrs
don't open up their lips to speak.

Speech about freedom is undone
when you stand in line for bread
and the opportunity to vote
is gone.

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