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University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville
Sholeh Wolpé is the author of The Scar Saloon and Rooftops of Tehran. Her poems, translations, essays, and reviews have appeared in many publications. Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- WHY FORUGH ? -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FORUGH FARROKHZAD (1935-1967)...
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Sholeh Wolpé is the author of The Scar Saloon and Rooftops of Tehran. Her poems, translations, essays, and reviews have appeared in many publications. Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- WHY FORUGH ? -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FORUGH FARROKHZAD (1935-1967) -- SELECTED EARLY POEMS -- Sin -- Grief -- On Loving -- The Ring -- Captive -- Bathing -- The Wall -- Lost -- Later -- The Return -- Rebellious God -- SELECTED POEMS FROM REBORN -- Wind-Up Doll -- Those Days -- The Sun Rises -- The Wind Will Blow Us Away -- Summer's Green Waters -- Forgive Her -- Insight -- Border Walls -- Friday -- In Night's Cold Streets -- In an Eternal Dusk -- Earthly Verses -- The Gift -- A Visitation at Night -- Green Phantasm -- Mates -- Inaugurating the Garden -- My Lover -- Red Rose -- The Bird, Was Just a Bird -- O Bejeweled Realm . . . -- I Will Greet the Sun Again -- Reborn -- LET US BELIEVE IN THE DAWN OF THE COLD SEASON -- Let Us Believe in the Dawn of the Cold Season -- After You -- Window -- I Pity the Garden -- Someone Like No One -- Only Voice Remains -- The Bird Shall One Day Die -- NOTES , VOCABULARY, AND EXPLANATIONS -- Translator's Note -- Dreaming a Poem Translating Itself - An After-Note Confession -- A Brief Overview of Iran's Political Scene 1941 - 1967 -- Notes on "O Bejeweled Realm..." -- Vocabulary -- Recommended Reading.
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Seleceted early poemsSin -- Grief -- On loving -- The ring -- Captive -- Bathing -- The wall -- Lost -- Later -- The return -- Rebellious God -- Selected poems from Reborn -- Wind-up doll -- Those days -- The sun rises -- The wind will blow us away -- Summer's green waters -- Forgive her -- Insight -- Border walls -- Friday -- In night's cold streets -- In an eternal dusk -- Earthly verses -- The gift -- A visitation at night -- Green phantasm -- Mates -- Inaugurating the garden -- My lover -- Red rose -- The bird, was just a bird -- O bejeweled realm ... -- I will greet the sun again -- Reborn -- Let us believe in the dawn of the cold season -- Let us believe in the dawn of the cold season -- After you -- Window -- I pity the garden -- Someone like no one -- Only voice remains -- The bird shall one day die.
