Dari and Farsi Poetry: Shakila Azizzada and Mohammad Bagher Kolahi Ahari
Two poets writing in Dari and Farsi who use narrative in their work one is a fairy tale complete with daemons and the other is a sketch of the life of an economic migrant.
Podcasts
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Politics & Exile: Poems by Salome Benidze & Azita Ghahreman
This week we bring you poems reflecting both personal stories and national narratives, looking at lost friends, lost parents and exile by Salome Benidze & Azita Ghahreman.
Three Poems by Najwan Darwish
Listen to three poems by Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish, read in Arabic by Najwan and in English by translator Atef Alshaer and UK poet Paul Batchelor.
Black History Month Podcast
For Black History Month, listen to two poems from the PTC Archive: ‘Taste’ by Asha Lul Mohamud Yusuf and ‘He Tells Tales of Meroe’ by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi,
‘Poem of the Nile’ and ‘They Think I Am a King: Yes, I Am the King’ by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
As part of the PTC Resistance Poets season looking at poets as political activists we bring you two poems by the Arabic poet Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi from Sudan.
‘Drawing’ and ‘The Football’ by Reza Mohammadi
Listen to ‘Drawing’ and ‘The Football’ by Reza Mohammadi part of our #ResistancePoets celebration. These poems were translated by Hamid Kabir and Nick Laird.
‘To the Sycamore’ and ‘How African Spirits Were Born’ by Ribka Sibhatu
This podcast brings you Ribka Sibhatu reading her poem ‘To the Sycamore’ and the fable ‘How African spirits Were Born’ with André Naffis-Sahely reading his transitions.
The Exact Number of Stars & My Abebà by Ribka Sibhatu
Not two poems but a poem and a fable read not in two languages but three languages: Amharic, Tigrinya, and English with translations by André Naffis-Sahely.
Lips and How the violin sounds by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias
Two poems from Legna Rodríguez Iglesias dealing frankly with female desire: ‘Lips’ and ‘How the violin sounds’ translated by Serafina Vick and Abigail Parry.
The Law of Dynamics and Sucking the Stone by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias
This week the podcast features two poems by Cuban poet Legna Rodríguez Iglesias, both from her 2013 collection ‘The Law of Dynamics’ and ‘Sucking The Stone’.
Farmer’s Treasure and An accumulation of dry matter… by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias
Tho poems by by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias ‘Farmer’s Treasure’ and ‘An accumulation of dry matter that is slow after flowering but intensifies during the lactic phase’
The Day I & Red Room by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias
‘The Day I’ and ‘Red Room’ both originally published in Legna Rodríguez Iglesias’ 2012 Spanish language collection The Perfect Moment.
Pure Jazz and Maggot People by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias
Two poems, Pure Jazz and Maggot People, by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias from her book Miami Century Fox, a collection of 51 Petrarchan sonnets.
I must ask you & Mad Dog Pack by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias
Our double Dual Poetry Podcast this week has ‘I must ask you’ & ‘Mad Dog Pack’ by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias from her collection ‘A little body are many parts’.
Thirty heads a day & Graduate by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias
Two poems by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias, translated by Abigail Parry and Serafina Vick for ’A little body are many parts’ which has been shortlisted for the first annual Derek Walcott Prize.
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