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Sonnet Ghazal

From Roger Sedarat’s collection of poetry Ghazal Games (2011, Ohio University Press).Also see “Ghazal Game #1”. Sonnet Ghazal for Janette Hafez, the baker, could see

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Ghazal Game #1

From Roger Sedarat’s collection of poetry Ghazal Games (2011, Ohio University Press).Also see “”Sonnet Ghazal . Ghazal Game #1 Think of the greatest love you’ve

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Genesis’ days

When my beloved takes a goblet, Even the clerics want to rob it. Crying, I’m at the feet of her. She only asks, “What shoes

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Iranian Darwins

Knives in bushes, man-made thorns so striking they draw rose blood, arterial angels on the sidewalk, faces heavy with frost falling to splashes of life

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Iranian Darwins

Knives in bushes, man-made thorns so striking they draw rose blood, arterial angels on the sidewalk, faces heavy with frost falling to splashes of life

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Winter vacation

Sea shells gathered at the Caspian sea too late in autumn, kids' faces turn pink as they kick water, scream-laugh to heaven, a crescent moon

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