THESE DAYS IN 1377/1998,THE WORLD WITNESSED A SERIAL MURDER OF IRANIAN INTELLECTUALS.
MOHAMD MOKHTARI,A PROMINENT PERSIAN POET AND CRITIC,AND A MEMBER OF IRANIAN WRITERS ASSOCIATION,b.1 ORDIBEHESHT 1321/21 APRIL 1321,MASHAD,
WAS KIDNAPPED A FEW DAYS BACK ON 12 AZAR/3 DECEMBER,AND HIS BODY WAS FOUND THIS DAY BEHIND THE CEMENT FACTORY IN REY,NEAR TEHRAN.
MOHAMAD JAFAR PUYANDEH,A TRANSLATOR,WAS KIDNAPPED AND MURDERED,DEC.9,1377/1998.
PARVANEH AND DARIUSH FORUHAR,BOTH A LONGTIME ACTIVISTS SINCE COLLEGE YEARS,MURDERED AT THEIR HOME IN TEHRAN.
ON OTHER OCCASIONS,WE WILL DISCUSS MOKHTARI'S POEMS AND THEORITICAL VIEWS IN MORE DETAILS.
see also:nimalogy/nima and nocturn of rock gardeen
an introduction to nima's 100th anniversary of birth,
and poetry of the world.
Thsi poem is dedicated to,MOHAMAD MOKHTARI,on the day he was kidnapped and killed.
I have to remind everone that for 500 days after I heard this news,everyday I woke up and wrote a poem or more in honor of my dear friend.How can we forget him?
DEATH IS THE NAME OF A LONG STREET
EVERYDAY
MAKING YOUR EYES ASLEEP
IN CRADLE OF THE WIND
SINGING CRY WITHOUT CRYING
FROM THROAT OF MY SISTERS
WHO OPEN THE TOMORROW
ON THE STEPS OF TPMORROW
AND YOUR EYELIDS
LOOKING FOR BLUE DRESS LENGHT
IN THE DUST OF CEMENT AND SOIL
WHEN THE BROKEN MIRROR OF CITY
DEVOUR DEATH
LOST IN A LONG STREET.
TURNING FACE
THE PINK MOON WAS TURNING FACE
WHEN YOU WERE BEGUN.
THIS POST WAS MODIFIED ON 3 DECEMBER 2010.
ReplyDeleteTO MARYAM,SIAVASH AND SOHRAB
...BYA TA SAR HAMAN RA RUYE SHANEHAYE HAM BOGZARIM.