Negative of a Group Photograph by Azita Ghahreman
14th February
Listen to the poem ‘Negative of a Group Photograph’ being read in Farsi and English by Azita Ghahreman and her poet-translator Maura Dooley.
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Negative of a Group Photograph
I am younger in this photograph,younger than anything I’ve ever written,and I am the third missing person.…نگاتیو یک عکس دسته جمعی
دراین عکس جوانترمجوان تر از تمام جمله های جعلیو سوم شخص غایبزیر بلوز و دامن حرف هایم برجستهمثل پروانه ای در جلد تابستانبه شگردی ازالی انگشت هاشاعرانه از درز های مخفی بیرون پریدمقلبم به دقت تحت نظر...با…
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