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Poetry in Parks
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Take my shirt off
and go in there to do puja ?
No thanks.
Not me.
But you go right ahead
if that's what you want to do.
~ Makarand, by Arun Kolatkar
Read by L.
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Poetry Circle’s cabinet of poetry books at the People’s Free Reading Room and Library. All books donated by PC members.
Beirut nigaar-e-bazm-e-jahaan
Beirut badil-e-baagh-e-jinaan
Bachchon ki hasti aankhon ke
Jo aaine chaknachoor hue
Ab unke sitaaron ki lau se
Is shahar ki raatein roushan hai
~Ek Naghma Karbala-e-Beirut Ke Liye by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Read by Shiva
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Show us your poetry books?
Peter G
I have studied the tight curls on the back of your neck
moving away from me
beyond anger or failure
your face in the evening schools of longing
through mornings of wish and ripen
we were always saying goodbye
~ Movement Song, by Audre Lorde
Read by Amrita
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The soldier boy was sitting calmly underneath that tree.
As I approached it, I could see him beckoning to me.
The battle had been long and hard and lasted through the night
~ Small Pain in my Chest, by Michael Mack
Read by Garima.
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None of the many houses I lived in
concern me. After the third house
I lost interest, but lately my organs and body parts
have been complaining of unexplainable ailments.
~ My House, by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat
Read by @mumbaipaused.bsky.social
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Never,' said my father,
'Never cut a pomegranate
through the heart. It will weep blood.
Treat it delicately, with respect.
~ How to Cut a Pomegranate, by Imtiaz Dharker
Read by Kartik Sharma.
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It is day infinity
of everyone wanting me dead. People are having fun
bringing lemon squares and automatic artillery to the anti-trans community
meetings.
~ Having a Great Time Being Transgender in America Lately by @jackiesabbagh.bsky.social
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Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women; kitchen of lust,
bedroom of grief, bathroom of apathy.
Sometimes the men - they come with keys,
and sometimes, the men - they come with hammers.
~ The House, by Warsan Shire
Read by Atika
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