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2 poems by Poet in Residence Mansour Noorbakhsh

And into your ears only I need to lurk rather than walk. I’m forced to lurk if I am still thinking of you. We were content to read a poem aloud. And to an inhalation of a loud laugh. We have been forced to remain silent, in honor of the generic products’ anthem. Wine doesn’tContinue reading “2 poems by Poet in Residence Mansour Noorbakhsh”

3 poems by Poet in Residence Mansour Noorbakhsh

How Come? After, “Prayer For Sunset” by Leonard Cohen. Today could still be a good day. Believe in occasional love.A hunter, a friend of mine, spent a whole night atop a tree coaxing a bear that followed the smell of burnt honey to its death.“How come?” I asked him. “Leave a door open for imagination.Continue reading “3 poems by Poet in Residence Mansour Noorbakhsh”

WordCity Literary Journal. Autumn 2023

©®| All rights to the content of this journal remain with WordCity Literary Journal and its contributing artists. Table of Contents Letter from the Editor. Darcie Friesen Hossack On October 7th, Hamas terrorists breached the fence separating Gaza from Israel and tortured, raped, mutilated and murdered at least 1200 women, men and children. 1200 women,Continue reading “WordCity Literary Journal. Autumn 2023”

3 poems by WCLJ Poet in Residence, Mansour Noorbakhsh

To the extent of all your surroundings            __Dedicated to all working children.            “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” __Frederick Douglass Maybe you have been sitting for hours behind trees or in the shade of rocks and hills waiting for the train to come. Maybe you are boredContinue reading “3 poems by WCLJ Poet in Residence, Mansour Noorbakhsh”

WordCity Literary Journal. Summer 2023

©®| All rights to the content of this journal remain with WordCity Literary Journal and its contributing artists. Table of Contents Letter from the Editor. Darcie Friesen Hossack For this issue, we asked writers to delve into The Right to Read. For writers, this right is also, inextricably, linked to the right to write. AndContinue reading “WordCity Literary Journal. Summer 2023”

4 poems by Mansour Noorbakhsh

Sometimes ponder why the sky looks blue You force me to read your books. As you warn me from reading others. I’m wondering have you ever looked at the sky, at the bushes on your way, or at the sand and soil. Look at everything again. Sometimes stand under the rain till it washes yourContinue reading “4 poems by Mansour Noorbakhsh”

4 poems by Mansour Noorbakhsh. WCLJ poet-in-residence

Nowruz 2023 For “Women, Life, Freedom” Hyacinths need the full Sun that comes late winter or early spring. What flowers will make this year attractive to Nowruz? Enshroud with the tattered leaves, clusters of fragrant, schooner stiff, upright stalks, as the growth of your hands. Your hands will bring Nowruz this year. You, who wentContinue reading “4 poems by Mansour Noorbakhsh. WCLJ poet-in-residence”

2 poems by Mansour Noorbakhsh. WCLJ poet-in-residence

The Meaning of Joints The night, grapples with the buttons of my garment in the repetition of a battle between the meaning of my fingers and the numbness of the cold. I am not afraid of death My fear is the repetition of death and its multiplication. I have died many times before in theContinue reading “2 poems by Mansour Noorbakhsh. WCLJ poet-in-residence”

3 poems by Mansour Noorbakhsh. WCLJ Writer in Residence

Iranian Youth For Mahsa Amini, Nika Shah Karami, Sarina Esmaeilzadeh and all martyrs of freedom I am a generation that my days have never tolerated with me. I see you kill but verbalize the justice. I see you steal but lament because of oppression. I see it’s foul only what you make in the nameContinue reading “3 poems by Mansour Noorbakhsh. WCLJ Writer in Residence”