Authority
By Pooneh Nedai – Iran I desire To pour a glass of milk for myself And sit calm To drink in the corner of my world. But my hands are left in the prison My lips on the wall And my throat is pressed in the fist of yesterday. The way of authority Was […]
The Weight of Light
By Pooneh Nedai – IRAN TEHRAN: When light gains weight in darkness, I am following myself, Or more precisely, I am following that piece of me, That was lost in the darkness of minds. What is a mirror? What’s the secret of reflecting light In the parallel to clocks? When light gains weight, I find myself, […]
No more
By Pooneh Nedai IRAN What is life? Simple food with freedom… Freedom of moving toward life… I wish no more, Just watch the plants, cats and mirror… Oh, mirror! The frame with endless pictures… I try no more, Just pass through watching And find “me” Beyond the life, Oh, life! I am not curious anymore..
Poem of Harat
By Pooneh Nedai Editor in chief of Shokaran magazine, Publisher of Amrood Tehran Who am I? A girl with shaved head? A woman with dark Burqa? A mother with shaking hand? Or a very beautiful doll? Who am I? A man or human? Or continuation of my ancestors’ regret? Who am I? In some […]
Where is the border of light and shadow?
By Pooneh Nedai Where is the border of light and shadow? The borders always move within… I remember some far branch in the sky, Trying to reach light, but shadow slows it down If I find the border, I’ll stay in zero spot, For the sake of truth.
The Hill We Climb: Amanda Gorman’s poem at the inauguration of Joe Biden highlights unity
WASHINGTON: Amanda Gorman became the youngest person to deliver a poem at a U.S. presidential inauguration, with the 22-year-old reciting her poem “The Hill We Climb” after Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in as president and vice president. The writer and performer, who became the country’s first National Youth Poet Laureate in 2017, […]