Poetry from Exiled Writers Ink

Below are poems, all written by Iranians. Exiled Writers Ink submits these poems as part of Arts United 4 Iran in celebration of the civil rights movement in Iran. These poems  first appeared in Exiled Ink magazine Issue 12, autumn/winter 2009. Below is the image of...

Majid Naficy: To a Journalist in Prison & More

by Majid Naficy 01-Nov-2009 Oh, street soul! I see you sitting there in your metal box Near the Blue Bus, And no finger taps On your glass pane Save for drops of rain. I stop and in dim light Gaze at your red letters Which, like the bullets of guards Shot at the...

You are a Woman

You Are a Woman By: Meetra Sofia You are a woman Night and day the strength of your face Where will you wander If your womb refuses to send a gentler race? A mother once was Slightly more an angel On whom will the stars shine If your heart holds no space for refusal?...

Flowers4Iran, a Poem to Accompany the Flowers: Promise

Read more about the Flowers4Iran project here. Promise Children! Children of Iran! We promise you today a tomorrow of a different kind: We promise you today that tomorrow teachers smile again, laugh. We promise you laughter! We promise you: Miss Parvin Benam Kind,...