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"The Forbidden" Poets of Iran, New Anthology

Despite the Islamic Republic Iran's use of any and all available methods to quell dissent—including propaganda poems, novels and films—in a country that even the uneducated bricklayers recite poems by heart, the voice of the poets cannot be silenced. Like rain it will seep into every crevice and feed the seedlings. In Iran's Green Movement we see signs of saplings that have broken through pavements and are growing fast in the streets and squares. Anthologies such as this empower these saplings. This power does not just come from their fellow Iranians, rather it comes from all human beings in every corner of the world; it comes from readers like you who allow in your lives the transformative power of literature.

Levantine Review presents you with five poems from this rich and diverse anthology, by Rasoul Younan, Granaz Mousavi,Reza Baraheni, Persis Karim and Sheida Mohammadi. Go to poems.

* Sholeh Wolpé is poetry editor of the Levantine Review and The Forbidden

List of poets presented in The Forbidden:

Ahmad Reza Ahmadi

Pegah Ahmadi

Maryam Ala Amjadi

Ali Alizadeh

Reza Baraheni

Kaveh Bassiri

Simin Behbahani

Mohsen Emadi

Shideh Etaat

Forugh Farrokhzad

Hafez

Maryam Hooleh

Zara Houshmand

Iraj Mirza

Sepideh Jodeyri

Sheema Kalbasi

Ziba Karbassi

Persis Karim

Esmail Khoi

Shams Langroodi

Farzaneh Milani

Sheida Mohamadi

Jila Mossaed

Amy Motlagh

Granaz Moussavi

Naanaam

Nader Naderpour

Partow Nooriala

Tahirih Qurratu'l-‘Ayn

Yadollah Royai

Rumi

H.E. Sayeh

Roger Sedarat

Sohrab Sepehri

Ahmad Shamlou

Solmaz Sharif

Peyman

Sholeh Wolpé

Nima Yushij

Rasoul Younan

Mandana Zandian

This content is provided courtesy of Levantine Cultural Center

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