Tag: Iran

• When You First Wake Up

  

  When you first wake up Just for a moment There is no revolution No killing and slapping and gassing Everything is quiet, had never existed Black blank It is not cold and dewy on the windows And you are fine

  Jay B Hughes

  October 22, 2022

  #mahsa_amini, Iran, poetry, Protest, Woman Life Freedom, Zahn Zendigee Azadee

  #mahsa_amini, Iran, Iranian, Mahsa Amini, mahsaamini, Persian, poetry, Protest, revolution, Thailand, Ukraine, Woman Life Freedom

• The Day When

  

  There was nothing to laugh about Payam stopped dancing Stopped making fun of his dad’s silly screaming Started crying and imploring Tara stopped acking Stopped smiling and snacking, so unethical Started teaching and absorbing pain Maz stopped cracking jokes             Stoodup standup             Started marching The day when there was nothing to study Leila stopped…

  Jay B Hughes

  October 11, 2022

  #mahsa_amini, Iran, poetry, Protest, Woman Life Freedom, Zahn Zendigee Azadee

  Finglish, Iran, Iranian, mahsaamini, mahsa_amini, Persian, poetry, Protest, revolution, Woman Life Freedom, Zahn Zendigee Azadee

• For the Persians of the Final Revolution

  

  We saw it all with you Wailing behind a photo of her son The only necessary proof Hurling wild hair Shining in Tehrani sun on paled scalps Clutched in fistfulls pouring over gravesides

  Jay B Hughes

  October 2, 2022

  Iran, poetry, Protest

  Iran, Iranian, Mahsa Amini, Persian, poem, Poem for Iranians, poetry, Protest, revolution, Say her name, Woman Life Freedom, Zahn Zendigee Azadee