I’d thought to write a brief post on the landay, but in this 2013 piece Jamie Dedes has surpassed anything I could offer.
Jamie Dedes' THE POET BY DAY Webzine
پاس په كمر ولاړه ګله!
نصيب دچايي اوبه زه درخيژومه
O Flower that you grow on the mountain side;
The duty to water you belongs to me, but to whom would you belong?ستا به د ګلو دوران تير شۍ
زما به پاته شۍ دزړه سوۍ داغونه
The blooming season of your beauty will pass;
But the scorched patches on my heart will always remain fresh.
Zarmina’s parents at her grave. She was a poet who died after setting herself on fire. Photo by Seasmus Murphy, 2012, Courtesy of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Last week The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, announced the publication of the June 2013 issue, Landays. The issue is dedicated entirely to poetry composed by and circulated among Afghan women.
After learning the story of a teenage girl, Zarmina, who was forbidden to write poems and burned herself in protest…
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Incredible.
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It is, indeed. My life and deeds seem so trivial in comparison.
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Oh my. This story is hard for me to hold. What sadness, I can’t imagine. Thank you for sharing so that I can better understand others in the world.
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Heart-wrenching, isn’t it? Other voices, other lives…
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You always give the best referrals! Thank you for the link.
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Thanks, Finnegan. I’d like the blog to be about more than just my writing, so I’ll try to include more links and references to other sites.
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Wow, in one sharing you have managed to educate me in two ways: 1) I learned about “The Poetry of Afghan Women, and Zarmina and the continued persecution; 2) I’ve learned of an new cultural form of poetry, the Landay. Saddened, but heartened that you, and others like you, are passing on this awareness.
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By looking outward, we might better see ourselves.
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Omg
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Most definitely eye-opening!
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Yes, indeed
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Gut wrenching stuff Thank you for bringing this situation and the landai to our notice.
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What courage!
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Yes indeed !
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Deeply touching.
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It certainly offers perspective.
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Sad. So very sad. Thanks for posting this.
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Sad, yet inspiring.
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Heart-breaking.
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Oh, yes. And thought-provoking, to say the least.
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Beautiful poem. The story behind it I saddening. We all need to speak out for her
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Yes, we must not let silence win.
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