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Poetry

Iranian Revolution 2026

In the old bazaars of Shirazโ€”where once the merchants weighed saffron by the gramโ€”the fires now illuminate not spice, but anger. A boy, barely sixteen, lights a rag in a glass bottle. Heโ€™s not a thug, heโ€™s a student who hasnโ€™t seen meat in months. Heโ€™s not burning the bank for funโ€”heโ€™s burning it for

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Keep Moving

Just keep moving, across the open field and into the woods. Donโ€™t look back until you reach the sea. Run until your lungs are ready to burst and every nerve shoots red-hot fire through your lost body, the soft sand under your feet, the salty air welcoming you home to the only place you understand,

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A Poem on the Wind

A poem on the wind lands wherever it’s taken, whether in your thoughts or mine, or on the dry red soil, glittering in the summer heat. I can see the last of the species scribbling away in a fevered dream as the sun burns the ground, furnace in the lungs, vivid colors flooding the mind,

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Looking for Real

The world I have come to know is just an artificial display of holographic shapes gliding across my line of sight and disappearing into nothingness, tedious reflections in a dull mirror. But every so often, someone comes along who is dramatically different, a living, breathing person, warm, radiant, true, and connected to my inner experience.

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Get the Message

A poem is an equation written on the wind, riding on memory from one seer to the next, ancient as the spoken word. I can see the last of the species scribbling away in a feverish dream as the sun burns the ground, furnace in the lungs, every color flooding the mind, recalled in silence.

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Iranian Revolution 2026

In the old bazaars of Shirazโ€”where once the merchants weighed saffron by the gramโ€”the fires now illuminate not spice, but anger. A boy, barely sixteen, lights a rag in a glass bottle. Heโ€™s not a thug, heโ€™s a student who hasnโ€™t seen meat in months. Heโ€™s not burning the bank for funโ€”heโ€™s burning it for

Read More ยป

Keep Moving

Just keep moving, across the open field and into the woods. Donโ€™t look back until you reach the sea. Run until your lungs are ready to burst and every nerve shoots red-hot fire through your lost body, the soft sand under your feet, the salty air welcoming you home to the only place you understand,

Read More ยป

A Poem on the Wind

A poem on the wind lands wherever it’s taken, whether in your thoughts or mine, or on the dry red soil, glittering in the summer heat. I can see the last of the species scribbling away in a fevered dream as the sun burns the ground, furnace in the lungs, vivid colors flooding the mind,

Read More ยป

Looking for Real

The world I have come to know is just an artificial display of holographic shapes gliding across my line of sight and disappearing into nothingness, tedious reflections in a dull mirror. But every so often, someone comes along who is dramatically different, a living, breathing person, warm, radiant, true, and connected to my inner experience.

Read More ยป

Get the Message

A poem is an equation written on the wind, riding on memory from one seer to the next, ancient as the spoken word. I can see the last of the species scribbling away in a feverish dream as the sun burns the ground, furnace in the lungs, every color flooding the mind, recalled in silence.

Read More ยป